Hey everyone, it’s Brad, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, ela ada /steamed rice parcel. It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Ela Ada /Steamed Rice Parcel is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. They are nice and they look fantastic. Ela Ada /Steamed Rice Parcel is something which I’ve loved my entire life.
Ada or Ela Ada, is a Traditional Kerala (South India) delicacy. It is made of coconut and brown sugar (jaggery), which is layered inside the rice paste in banana leaf and steamed in a steamer or idly mould vessel. It is served as evening snack or as part of breakfast. Ela ada can be made in wheat and rice.
To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook ela ada /steamed rice parcel using 7 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Ela Ada /Steamed Rice Parcel:
- Make ready 2 Cups Rice Flour
- Take 1 Cup Jaggery grated
- Get 2 Cups Coconutgrated
- Get water hot
- Get 1/2 Teaspoon cardamom powder
- Make ready 2 Teaspoons ghee
- Take Banana leaves
Ela ada is favourite snack for everyone It can also be made with brown rice or wheat flour instead of rice flour. Some even use health mix powder/sathumaavu to make ela ada. In a large mixing bowl ,add rice flour and salt. Pour boiling water and mix well using a wooden spatula.
Steps to make Ela Ada /Steamed Rice Parcel:
- Slightly roast the rice flour.Let it cool. Add salt to the flour and combine well. Now add hot water and 1/2 tsp ghee to this to make a very smooth soft dough.Set aside
- Take a heavy bottomed pan, add the grated fresh coconut and grated jaggery. Allow the jaggery to melt and cook.When the mixture is thick, add one teaspoon of ghee and cardamom powder and mix well. Turn off the stove.
- Clean banana leaf. Smoke this leaf on flame for a few seconds so that it becomes easy to fold.
- Make the rice dough to small balls.Take a piece of Square shaped banana leaf (if not cut it), keep a ball of rice flour dough at the center. Dip your finger in a bowl of water and flatten the dough on the banana leaf.
- Place a tablespoon of jaggery coconut mixture on it and fold the leaf to seal the edges. Repeat the same for rest of the dough.Steam this in an idli steamer or a cooker without weight for 10 – 15 minutes.
In a large mixing bowl ,add rice flour and salt. Pour boiling water and mix well using a wooden spatula. Allow this to cool slightly and knead well to form a soft dough. Take a lemon sized portion of the prepared dough and place it onto a piece of banana leaf and flatten it using your finger tips to form a. Learn how to make Ela Ada ~ Sweet coconut-jaggery stuffed rice cakes/parcels steam cooked in banana leaves, a traditional delicacy from Kerala.
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