Palada Payasam With Instant Homemade Ada

Palada Payasam /Ada Payasam made with homemade instant rice ada (palada). Palada payasam is a popular sweet dish prepared in Kerala during the festival of Onam.

The following ingredients are needed to prepare Palada Payasam using Homemade Ada /Ada Payasam.

Ingredients:-

Homemade ada.      - 1/2 cup
Milk.                       - 4 cup
Sugar.                      - 1 cup
Cardamom powder. - 1/2 tsp
Cashew nuts.           - 8
Tulasi leaves.          - 3
Coconut bits.          - few
Ghee.                      -1tbsp

For Preparing Instant Homemade Ada:-

Traditionally ada is made in banana leaf using rice flour. In a bowl add 2tbsp rice flour, 1/4tsp ghee and 4 tbsp water. Mix the rice flour mixture without lumps and make a thin paste. Grease a plate with little ghee. Pour the thin rice flour paste in the greased plate and steam cook the paste in a steamer for 3 minutes and allow it to cool. Once cooled cut it into very small square pieces.Instant home made ada is ready to use.

Instructions:-

1). Heat ghee in a wide bottom pan.Add cashew nuts and thin coconut bits and fry them in ghee and keep aside.

2). In the same pan boil 4 cup of milk.

3). Once the milk is boiled add homemade instant rice ada /palada into the milk and cook until the palada is cooked and the milk is reduced to half. Stir continuously.

4). Add sugar and keep on stirring until sugar completely dissolves in milk and the mixture becomes little thick.

5). Add cardamom powder, tulasi leaves, ghee fried cashew nuts and coconut bits into the palada payasam.Boil and stir well. Switch off the flame.

A sweet Palada Payasam With Homemade Ada /Ada payasam is ready to serve.