Sadhya means “big feast” in Malayalam. No Sadhya is complete without a Paalada Pradhaman. Palada pradhaman is a sweet dish made of flakes of cooked rice, milk, and sugar. Traditional Ada was made at home but involves lot of work. Check this video on youtube - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uXI-nMNQbU to learn how traditional ada is made. Ready made ada is now available in stores which makes making this dessert easier.
What you need for Paalada Pradhaman:
The preparation method:
What you need for Paalada Pradhaman:
- Rice ada - 200 gms (Store bought)
- Milk (Whole) - 1.5 ltr
- Sugar - 1/2 kg
- Cardamom -5 (powdered)
- Ghee -2 tbsp
- Cashew nut - 10 fried
The preparation method:
- Wash the ada in cold water.Pour some boiled water over the washed ada.Close it for 15 minutes.
- Boil 1.5 L milk with 2 cups of water and add the soaked ada.
- Cook in gentle flame stirring all the time till the ada becomes very soft and the color of the milk changes to pink.
- Add sugar and continue stirring .To this add ghee and cardmom powder and stir for few minutes on low flame.
- Switch off the flame and add fried cashews .Keep it aside for sometime.Serve hot or chilled.
Yummu...I have tried it at Sangeetha's place n it was awesome :)
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