Ada Pradhaman is a tasty sweet dish prepared with flakes of cooked rice, coconut milk and jagerry.
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup ada
- 4 green cardamoms
- 1 tblsp sugar (cheeni)
- 1/4 cup pure ghee
- 12 cashewnuts
- 2 tblsp sultanas
- 1 1/2 cups coconut (scraped)
- 1 cup palm jaggery (gud)
How to make ada pradhaman:
It is usually made in a big Uruli as it also adds up taste to the dish.

- Heat 2 tablespoons ghee and fry the ada lightly.
- Grind the cardamoms with the sugar to a fine powder, sieve and keep aside. Heat 2 tablespoons of ghee and fry the cashewnuts and kishmish till light brown.
- Soak the coconut in 1 cup warm water, grind and extract thick milk. Repeat the process and make a second extract and keep aside. Crush the jaggery to fine powder and keep aside.
- Boil ada in 1 cup water and the second extract of coconut milk. The ada should remain soft but hold its shape.
- Add the jaggery and continue cooking till it thickens. Heat the remaining ghee and add to the pradhaman.
- Mix in the first extract of coconut milk, the fried dry fruits. Stir well and heat thoroughly.
- Sprinkle the cardamom powder and serve at room temperature.
12 Dec
9:02 am on December 14th, 2009
jinu,
I am very hungry always once if i see your posting about dish. i need this payasam.