Aval Niracha Pazham Ada or Aval Pazham Ada is a traditional Kerala sweet pancake, made by filling soft banana batter pancakes with a fragrant mixture of rice flakes (aval), jaggery, coconut, and spices. This unique rice flakes–filled banana pancake brings together the natural sweetness of ripe banana and jaggery with toasted aval for a rich, comforting dessert or tea-time treat.

Aval Pazham Ada

Ingredients for Aval Niracha Pazham Ada (Rice Flakes Filled Banana Pancake):

  1.  Jaggery – 100 gm
  2. Ghee – 4 small spoons
  3. Sesame seeds – 1 small spoon
    Green gram dal – 2 small spoons
  4. Coconut bits (chopped into thin, lengthy pieces) – 4 big spoons
  5. Rice flakes – 100 gm
  6. Cardamom powder – 1 small spoon
    Cumin powder – ¼ small spoon
    Dry ginger powder – ¼ small spoon

For Pancake:

  1. Banana – 2, made into a smooth paste using a mixer
    Eggs – 2
    Milk – 100 milli
  2. Maida – 100 gm
  3. Refined oil – 2 small spoons

How to prepare Aval Niracha Pazham Ada (Rice Flakes Filled Banana Pancake)?

  1. Melt jaggery by adding a little water, and then strain it.
  2. Heat ghee and sauté sesame seeds and dal, followed by coconut pieces.
  3. Add rice flakes and sauté for 1 more minute.
  4. Add melted jaggery and mix the contents well.
  5. Add ingredients no: 6, mix well and turn off the flame. This is used as filling.
  6. Mix ingredients no: 7 in a bowl.
  7. Add maida to it and prepare the batter without any lumps.
  8. Finally, add refined oil too.
  9. Heat a non-stick pan and spread a little batter to prepare a pancake.
  10. Flip both sides and cook well.
  11. Place a little filling in the middle and fold into a triangular shape.
  12. Continue the process for the remaining batter and filling.
  13. Serve this pancake hot.

Courtesy: Vanitha Magazine September 1 – 14, 2013 

Read a few more Ada recipes here. Here is the page link. Click on the images in the gallery to read. 

 

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