Palada prathaman

Happy Onam!

Ingredients:

Rice ada- 1 cup
Milk - 8 cups
Sugar-one and half cup
Cardamom powder
Ghee,raisins,cashews

Procedure:

Cooking is similar to pal payasam recipe

1.Pressure cook ada in milk until one whistle.
2.Open the lid and put the cooker in sim and slow cook for about 30 mins. Keep stirring inbetween and ensure that the prathaman is not getting burnt.
3.Milk will start turning pink after 30-40 mins. Now add cardamom powder and cook for another 5 mins.
4.Add sugar and mix well. Try adding 1 cup of sugar;if required add another half cup.
5. Roast cashews and raisins in ghee and decorate!

Ada Prathaman-Jaggery version

Ingredients:

Rice ada - 1 cup

Jaggery -one and a quarter cup

Water -5 cups

Cashews,raisins,coconut pieces and ghee

Cardamom powder

Milk/Coconut milk(preferably)-1/2 cup

Procedure:

We get rice ada (rice flour flakes) in Indian stores.

1.Boil 3 cups of water in a pan. When it starts boiling, put the ada, switch off stove and close the lid. Leave it aside for 30 mins. Open the lid after 30 mins and see if the ada has become tender; then drain out all the water.

2. Heat the rest 2 cups of water in a pan; when it starts boiling add jaggery and allow it to dissolve well. Drain out the sediments if any. Once jagery dissolves completely in water and starts boiling, add the ada.Do not make thick syrup.

3.Allow the ada to cook well in jaggery water for about 10 mins; add cardamom powder.

4.Roast coconut pieces,cashews and raisins in ghee.

5.Switch off stove and take out the pan. Add coconut milk/milk and coconut,cashews and raisins Do not add milk while the prathaman is in stove because milk will break down if added with hot jaggery.

Yummy prathaman ready.