It is served as evening snack or as part of breakfast. Ela ada can be made in wheat and rice flour and the fillings can vary as you prefer…Ela Ada with cup of hot tea, oh yum…I love it. 🙂
Let’s move on to the recipe…
Ela Ada Recipe | Ila Ada Recipe | Vazhayila Ada Recipe | Steamed Rice Parcel in Banana Leaf
Ingredients:
Rice Flour : 1cup (roasted)
Salt to taste
Cardamon powder : 1/4 tsp
Banana leafs : 4 pieces
For Filling:
Grated Coconut : 1 cup
Grated Jaggery : 1/2 cup
Salt a pinch
A pinch of coconut milk (optional)
How to make Ela Ada – Ila Ada – Vazhayila Ada :
1. Mix coconut jaggery,cardamom powder with your hands very well until well combined and soft.
2. Spread half tsp of oil all over the leaf with the fingers.
3. Make a dough (like chappathi dough,not too watery) by adding hot water and salt.
4. Place lemon size dough in the center of the leaf, flatten it with finger and spread the filling on it.
5. Fold the leaf in half. Tuck the ends of the leaf.
6. Place the adas in a steamer/idly cooker and steam it for 10 minutes.Ela Ada is ready to serve it warm or after it cools down.
- Here in US the jaggery we get doesn’t have impurities, so the step to boil the jaggery to form liquid and then straining it through sieve is avoided.
- You can make ela ada using parchment paper instead of banana leaves.
Click here for more Snacks recipes
Cheers!
Hi Ramachandran, First of all I’m very sorry for the delayed reply. Somehow I guess I missed replying your comment:( Traditionally it is made with rice flour,coconut and jaggery.There are many variations one of them is jackfruit jam and coconut which is called chakka ada. Another variation is using a simple filling of grated coconut,sugar. Once again so sorry for delayed reply.
Hope to see you around more!
sangeetha
I for one thought Ela Ada filling was basically made out of ripe Jackfruit Jam and Coconut. The Ela Ada made out of this
mixture is heavenly!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yes it can be made with ground rice too.
Thanks!
Sangeetha
Can the adda be made using ground rice?
Awesome, let me know how it goes Shibina!
Happy Cooking!
Sangeetha
Nice …. Am going to make ela ada…
Looks great
very yummy….
i love ela ada.. but we make them with jackfruit + jagery filling..
This looks delicious! I love coconut!