Ada /ela Ada Sweet Steamed rice parcel in Banana Leafs

Grandma used to always say when my mom was a kid in those days there was barter system so currency was used less to buy things. People used to come in bullock cart with rice and pulses and things grown abandon was given to them. So there used to rice and coconut abandon at home. So snacks too were made with rice and coconut.

Ada or Ela Ada, is a Traditional Kerala (South India) delicacy. It is made of coconut and brown sugar (jaggery), which is layered inside the rice paste in banana leaf and steamed in a steamer or idly vessel.  It can be prepared with jaggery or sugar. Ada with jaggery are very sweet which I don’t prefer so in this recipe I am using sugar. It’s very easy and tastes yum….

Ingredients:

Rice Flour: 1cup (roasted) Normally in every household rice are washed dried roasted and powdered and are stored in big containers which are used for making variety of breakfast and snacks

Hot Water as required
Salt to taste
Banana leafs: 4 pieces

For Filling:
Grated Coconut: 1 cup

Sugar to taste

Method:

Mix coconut sugar with your hands very well until well combined and soft.
Make a dough (like chapatti dough, not too watery) by adding hot water and salt. Place lemon size dough in the center of the leaf, flatten it with finger with dipping hands in water and spread the filling on it.Fold the leaf in half. Tuck the ends of the leaf.

Place the ads in a steamer/idly cooker and steam it for 10 minutes. Ela Ada is ready to serve it warm or after it cools down.