Monday 6 October 2014

Ela ada / Ilayada /Steamed rice cake in banana leaf wrap



Ela ada / Ilayada /Steamed rice cake in banana leaf wrap




Ela adsa is a traditional Kerala dish.It is made of rice flour coconut and jaggery.Rice flour dough in banana leaf  stuffed with coconut jaggery mixture!It can be considered as a a snack or break fast.

Ingredients:

  • Rice flour :  1 cup
  • Hot water : As required
  • Banana leaf : 5 medium sized pieces
  • Salt

For stuffing :

  • Grated coconut : 1 cup
  • Grated jaggery : 3/4 cup
  • Cardamom powder : 1/4 tspn
  • Ghee / oil : to grease the leaf

Method:

  • Clean the banana leaf and grease each leaf with oil /ghee.
  • Mix jaggery coconut and cardamom powder well.

  • Make a dough with ricce flour salt and hot water.It should be like chapathi dough.Keep aside

  • Now take a lemon sized ball of rice dough and keep it in the center of leaf and spread it with your hand.

  • Spread the jaggery mixture on it and fold the leaf in half.

  • Repeat the same for all the adas
  • Place the ada in a steamer or idly pot
  • Keeep the stove in simmer mode for 7 to 10 minute.
  • Open the steamer and check..Yummy ela ada isready to serve with hot tea!

Ela ada / Ilayada /Steamed rice cake in banana leaf wrap
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14 comments:

  1. We call it Gathi in Karnataka.
    Its made of jack fruit too..without the stuffing

    Nice work in bringing those recipes out..

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    1. Happy to know the name Gathi..it is new to me...we too make it with jack fruit but adding more ingredients like jeera dry ginger powder etc..

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  2. Lovely recipe! Never tried this.

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  3. beautifully made i am really loving the nice texture if steamed rice cake :)

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  4. Something similar to our kuih koci, which we scent with screw pine leaves. Its also one of my fav because of the coconut filling.

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    1. Thank you for giving information about kuih koci..it is new to me :)

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  5. Looks great. I bet the banana leaf adds some great flavor.

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  6. Lovely ada...........made beautifully........

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  7. Looks so good,Iam going to try,thanks

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  8. Thanks for the recipe will definitely try it. Never had one before.

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