Kerala Valsan | Elayappam Recipe | Ela Ada Recipe preparation with step by step photos and a quick video. Kerala Valsan | Elayappam is a dessert recipe which is cooked using steam. One would like to enjoy the real taste of steam foods have immediately when it’s taken out from it. That’s how you feel the real difference between the direct cooking vs steam cooking. I always love to have steam foods and this is not an exception either. One would like to make a healthy and yummy dessert, you could add this recipe in your wish list.
Jaggery/Cocunut’s delicious stuffing, Rice ball dough for layer, Greenish Banana leaf for protection would make a wonderfully unique and healthy dessert.
Kerala Valsan | Elayappam Recipe | Ela Ada Recipe
Kerala Valsan | Elayappam Recipe | Ela Ada Recipe preparation with step by step photos and a quick video.
Ingredients
- Jaggery (gud) - 1cup
- Coconut -1 cup grated
- Cardamom powder -¼ th tsp
- Water - 1 tbsp
- For Dough:
- Rice flour - 1½ cup
- Water -1 cup
- Ghee (clarified butter) -1 tsp
- Salt -½ tsp
Directions
- Step 1 Stuffing Preparation :
- Step 2 Take a pan and add jaggery
- Step 3 Add water and mix it well
- Step 4 Saute for 5 minutes or until jaggery melts completely.
- Step 5 Add grated coconut and mix it well
- Step 6 Add cardamom powder and mix it well until stuffing turns sticky and aromatic.
- Step 7 Rice Dough Preparation:
- Step 8 Take a bowl and add rice flour
- Step 9 Add salt
- Step 10 Add ghee
- Step 11 Add hot water and mix using a wooden spatula/spoon.
- Step 12 Once the mixture cools down a bit, knead with your hands to make a soft dough and keep aside.
- Step 13 Warm the banana leaves. So that it will be easy to fold.
- Step 14 Take a piece of Banana leaf and add ghee and grease the leaf
- Step 15 Take a ball sized dough and flatten over a banana leaf.
- Step 16 Add a tbsp of prepared stuffing and spread uniformly.
- Step 17 Fold half and seal the sides by pressing gently.
- Step 18 Place in a steamer and steam for 15 minutes or until it is cooked completely.
- Step 19 Once done, serve warm or at room temperature.
- Step 20 Ela Ada /Valsan dessert will make Onam sadhya even better.
Kerala Valsan | Elayappam Recipe | Ela Ada Recipe quick video:
Making of Kerala Valsan | Elayappam Recipe | Ela Ada Recipe:
Stuffing Preparation :
1. Take a pan and add jaggery
2. Add water and mix it well
3. Saute for 5 minutes or until jaggery melts completely.
4. Add grated coconut and mix it well
5. Add cardamom powder and mix it well until stuffing turns sticky and aromatic.
Rice Dough Preparation:
6. Take a bowl and add rice flour
7. Add salt
8. Add ghee
9. Add hot water and mix using a wooden spatula/spoon
10. Once the mixture cools down a bit, knead with your hands to make a soft dough and keep aside.
11. Warm the banana leaves. So that it will be easy to fold.
12. Take a piece of Banana leaf and add ghee and grease the leaf
13. Take a ball sized dough and flatten over a banana leaf.
14. Add a tbsp of prepared stuffing and spread uniformly.
15. Fold half and seal the sides by pressing gently.
16. Place in a steamer and steam for 15 minutes or until it is cooked completely.
17. Once done, serve warm or at room temperature. Ela Ada /Valsan dessert will make Onam sadhya even better.
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