Recipe Time

Courtesy: T Vidhya Raj, my office colleague

Adda Pradhaman (Payasam):

This is a Kerala dessert made from Adda - a combination of rice and lentils.

Ingredients Required:

Ada - 200 gms
Jaggery - 750 gms
Ghee - 200 gms
Cardomom - 50 gms
Coconut - 3
Raisins/Cashew - As Required

Method of Preparation:

• Boil water and add Jaggery. Melt Jaggery(It just needs to melt). Filter the water for any unwanted residue and keep aside.
• Boil water and add the ada to it. Boil it till ada is cooked soft. Strain after 10 minutes and keep aside.
• (Ada may stick to each other, so pour a little cold water through it and strain and keep aside.)
  
• Mix the melted Jaggery with the cooked ada and stir for ten minutes in low fire.
  
• Take two extracts of the coconut milk. First extract would be the pure coconut milk without adding water while grinding. Second extract is with water added to the mixture while grinding. Now, add the second extract to the above mixture.
• Add Cardamon powder for flavor.
• Boil this until it becomes thick. Take it off the fire and add the first extract of milk.
• Fry the cashew and raisins and ghee and garnish the payasam

Yummy!!! Ada Pradhaman is ready to serve.