Mathanga Ada – Kerala Sweet Steamed Pumpkin Ada

Ingredients for Mathanga Ada (Pumpkin Ada):

1. Pumpkin – 1.5 cups
2. Rice flour – ½ cup
   Coconut scraped – 1 cup
   Sugar – 8 big spoons
   Cumin powder – 1 small spoon
   Cardamom powder – ½ small spoon
   Salt & water – As required
3. Banana leaf – To make ada

How to prepare Mathanga Ada (Pumpkin Ada)?

1. Cut the pumpkin into pieces and cook it in a cooker.
2. Smash cooked pumpkin using a spatula and then mix well with ingredients no: 2.
3. Then make small balls from it.
4. Spread each ball on small pieces of banana leaf and steam them in a steamer.

Courtesy: Vanitha Magazine April 16-30 2017.

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