Ingredients for Therali (Ada) Pradhaman:
1. Unakkalari (Raw rice without removing the rice bran /Nurukk) – 250 gm
2. Ghee – 400 gm
3. Kerala banana, medium-sized – 1
4. Jaggery – 600 gm
5. Bay leaf (Vayana Ila) – 10
6. Coconut – 6
How to prepare Therali (Ada) Pradhaman?
1. Soak rice in water and blend it well in a mixer to prepare flour.
2. Extract 1.5 cups of 1st milk from the coconut and 2 litres of the second milk.
3. Chop the banana into pieces, and cook well.
4. Then blend the banana in a mixer.
5. Melt jaggery and strain it to remove impurities.
6. Add 2 spoons of ghee, 6 spoons of jaggery solution and sufficient water to the rice flour and mix well.
7. Spread batter on one side of the bay leaf as a paper-thin layer (at one tip).
8. Fold it and do it on the other side of the leaf as well.
9. Fold it again and skew using the coconut leaf midrib (eerkkil).
10. Steam cook and prepare thiraliyappam.
11. When it cools off, separate the ada from the leaves and cut into small pieces.
12. Heat jaggery solution in a thick-bottomed pan.
13. Add the ada pieces and ghee to it and sauté the contents.
14. When it turns thick, add the second extract of coconut milk and boil it.
15. Continue cooking till the pradhaman turns thick.
16. Remove from the flame and add the first coconut milk.
Note: This Pradhaman has a sweet aroma and taste of bay leaf. So there is no need to add cardamom or other flavouring agents.
Courtesy: Grahalakshmi Magazine, 2017 August 16-31
Also read a few more payasam and pradhaman recipes. Here is the page link. Click on the images in the gallery to read.
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