🇮🇳 Indian Vegetarian

Ela Ada

Name: Ela Ada
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 17 min
Total time: 42 min
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: to taste Salt; 1-inch piece Ginger; 2 Green Chili; 1/2 tsp Mustard Seeds; 1 sprig Curry Leaves; a pinch Asafoetida; 1 cup, chopped Banana Leaves; 2 tbsp Coconut Oil; 1 cup Rice Flour; 1 cup Grated Coconut; 3/4 cup, grated Jaggery

🇮🇳 Indian

Rice-jaggery-coconut parcel steamed in banana leaf, Kerala's emoji snack. Fermented batter, hot pan, fifty-year-old technique — south Indian breakfast engineering at its best. Plate with tomato chutney and filter coffee alongside.

Prep 25 min Cook 17 min Serves 2 Medium

Ingredients

Saltto taste
Ginger1-inch piece
Green Chili2
Mustard Seeds1/2 tsp
Curry Leaves1 sprig
Asafoetidaa pinch
Banana Leaves1 cup, chopped
Coconut Oil2 tbsp
Rice Flour1 cup
Grated Coconut1 cup
Jaggery3/4 cup, grated

Instructions

1
Wash and soak the grains and dal; grind soft, mix with salt and leave in a warm spot until the batter rises and smells faintly sour.
2
Loosen the batter to pouring consistency — think thick pancake batter, not glue.
3
Grease the pan lightly with a cut onion dipped in oil — the old non-stick trick.
4
Pour, spread with the back of the ladle in ever-widening circles, and trickle oil down the sides.
5
Cook till the underside is gold and lacy and the top loses its raw look, then flip or remove; serve immediately — they wait for no one.

Chef's tip

Resting the finished dish for five minutes off the heat lets the spices settle and deepen.

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