Onam Recipes 8

Only two days left for this year's Thiruvonam. 

We started this series with a Payasam. Also, we are ending this Onam Recipe Series 
(In the coming years, we will add more items to this section) with a payasam.

PAALADA PRADHAMAN  (Rice Pudding with Milk)

Ingredients:

Rice	¼ Kg.
Plantain Leaves	3 Nos.
Milk	2 Liter
Sugar	½ Kg.
Ghee	3 Table Spoon

 Method :

To make Ada :

·         Wash and soak rice for one hour.  Grind it to a paste.

·         Spread the batter on the plantain leaves.

·         Roll the leaves and tie and steam to cook well.

·         When its cooked, remove from the leaves.

·         Chop into to very nice pieces and wash well in running water.

To make Pradhaman :

·         Boil the milk in a heavy bottomed vessel.

·         Add Ada & cook well.

·         Add sugar and continue boiling in a low flame.

·         Stir continuously till the milk thickens and gets a reddish colour.

·         Add ghee.

Onam Recipe 7

Kurukku Kaalan

Ingredients :

1.

Raw Plantain	1 No.
Elephant Foot Yam	100 g.

2.

Turmeric Powder	1 tea spoon
Black Pepper Powder	1 tea spoon
Salt	As required

3.

Yoghurt

1 Litre

4.

Coconut	1 ½ No.
Green Chilli	5 Nos.
Cumin Seeds	1 tea spoon

5.

Coconut Oil

2 Table spoon

6.

Mustard Seeds	1 Tea spoon
Red Chilli	4 Nos.

7.

Fenugreek Seeds

½ Tea spoon

Method :

  -  Remove the skin of the plantain and cut into 1" cube.
  -  Clean and cut the yam also into 1" cube.
  -  Combine plantain, yam and add the 2nd set and cook.
  -  Grind the 4th set together to a fine paste.
  -  When vegetables are cooked well, 
     add the yoghurt and boil.
  -  When the gravy becomes thick,
     add the ground coconut paste,
     mix well and remove from the fire.
  -  Season with the mustard seeds and red chilli
     and add to the curry.
  -  At last,sprinkle the fried & powdered fenugreek 
     and mix well.
  -  Serve.

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