Ada Pradhaman Recipe - Kerala Style Rice Ada Pudding With Jaggery & Coconut Milk

Shaheen Ali

April 15, 2019

12188 Ratings

Time:Prep: 10 M|Cook: 1h 0m|Total: 1h 10min

Makes:4 Servings

Meal:Dessert

Cuisine:Kerala Recipes

Ada Pradhaman Recipe is a Kerala Style Rice Ada Pudding With Jaggery & Coconut Milk which is typically served as a dessert in the festival of Onam in Kerala. Ada is the ribbon-shaped dry rice flakes which are soaked in hot water and later slow cooked in jaggery and coconut milk.

This traditional dessert is a very important part of Onam Sadhya (traditional meal). As Ada Pradhaman recipe is typically made with various extracts of coconut milk, it is a bit laborious, but totally worth it. Loaded with the goodness of coconut milk, jaggery syrup, and dry fruits, Ada Pradhaman recipe has a silky texture and is mild in flavor.

The recipe goes very well with a Kerala Style Onam meal. Do try this entire meal for a festival and we are sure everyone in your family will love it.

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The recipe goes very well with a Kerala Style Onam meal. Do try this entire meal for a festival and we are sure everyone in your family will love it.

Look at the other Kerala Recipes, that you might want to try in your kitchen:

Ingredients

1 Rice ada

1 Jaggery, grated

1/2 Water

1 Coconut milk, thick (1st extract)

1-1/2 Coconut milk, (2nd & 3rd extract)

5 Cashew nuts

7 Sultana Raisins

2 Fresh coconut, slices

1/2 Cardamom Powder (Elaichi)

Ghee, as required

Instructions for Ada Pradhaman Recipe - Kerala Style Rice Ada Pudding With Jaggery & Coconut Milk

To begin making the Ada Pradhaman, boil sufficient water in a pan, add rice ada and turn off the gas immediately.

Let the ada soak for 30 minutes. Later drain the water, wash the ada in cold water 2-3 times, strain and keep aside.

Take a small bowl and soak grated jaggery in 1/2 cup of clean water till jaggery melts. Strain through a fine sieve and collect the syrup and discard the impurities. Keep it aside.

Heat 2 tablespoons ghee in a wok/kadai and add cashews, raisins and coconut pieces. Fry them till they turn golden and keep it aside.

In the same wok, add 1 tablespoon ghee and saute the rice ada for a minute.

After a minute, add the jaggery syrup in the ada and allow it to cook on medium flame till the jaggery starts to thicken.

Now, add the thin coconut milk and cook again on medium flame till it thickens.

Add some cardamom powder, fried cashews, raisins and thick coconut milk and turn off the gas immediately. Don't boil or cook after adding the thick milk.

Garnish Ada Pradhaman with few fried cashews and serve hot or chilled.

Serve Ada Pradhaman with Kerala Style Onam meal and enjoy warm or cold.