How to Cook Perfect VAZHAYILA ADA / Rice Parcel in Banana leaf

VAZHAYILA ADA / Rice Parcel in Banana leaf. Here is a Simple Recipe for ELA ADA , if you have any doubts or suggestion regarding this recipe please COMMENT below i will reply to your comments. Elayappam/ilayada is a Traditional Kerala delicacy. It is made of coconut and sugar/jaggery which is layered inside the rice paste in a banana leaf and.

It is served as evening snack or as part of breakfast. Ela ada can be made in wheat and rice. Ada or Ela Ada (Ilai Ada), is an Indian sweet and traditional Kerala delicacy, consisting of rice parcels encased in a dough made of rice flour, with sweet fillings, steamed in banana leaf. You can have VAZHAYILA ADA / Rice Parcel in Banana leaf using 9 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of VAZHAYILA ADA / Rice Parcel in Banana leaf

1. It's 2 cup of Rice Flour (roasted).
2. It's 1/4 tsp of Salt.
3. It's 1 1/2 cup of Hot Water approx.
4. You need 1 tbsp of oil (optional).
5. It's as needed of Banana leaves.
6. It's of For Filling:.
7. You need 1 cup of Coconut grated.
8. It's 1/2 cup of Jaggery grated.
9. You need 1/4 tsp of Cardamom powder.

The filing can be made with coconut jaggery puran or we can use jackfruit jaggery puran. Due to the migration of South Indians, banana leaf rice can also be found in areas with significant ethnic South Indian diaspora such as Malaysia and Singapore. Banana leaves/Parchment paper- cut into rectangles. Take a lemon sized portion of the prepared dough and place it onto a piece of banana leaf and flatten it using your finger tips to form a thin and even layer of dough on it.(If the dough is sticking to your fingers ,dip your finger tips in water once in.

VAZHAYILA ADA / Rice Parcel in Banana leaf step by step

1. Mix the cardamom, jaggery with coconut and keep aside..
2. Boil water and add salt. Remove from the flame and then in parts add the rice flour and continuously keep folding it together with a spoon. Once the entire flour has been folded in, cover it with a lid and let it rest and cool down. Then made it smooth dough as Chappathi. Adding hot water is to make the dough soft and smooth..
3. Take a big banana leaf, wash it and cut into rectangles shape of approx 8 to 10 inches each pieces..
4. Mix the dough again and make big lemon size balls. Place the rice balls on the banana leaf and with wet hands gently flatten it using your finger tips to form a flat round even shape. Keep wetting your hands so that the round shape will be smooth. Flatten it using your finger tips to form a thin even layer of dough..
5. Spoon in generous amount of filling over one half of the pressed dough. It is optional to make thin appam or a little thicker appam, but make sure you are generous with the filling that you place inside..
6. Fold the leaf into half and gently press the edges to seal the filling inside together. Allow the steamer to boil and place in all the folded banana leaves in the steamer / idly pot on medium flame. This will take 12 to 15 minutes to cook. You can make it in one batch or two batches depending on the steamer size..
7. Let the "Vazhayila Ada" cool and then it is ready to be served..

Ada or Ela Ada, is an Indian sweet and traditional Kerala delicacy, consisting of rice parcels encased in a dough made of rice flour, with sweet fillings, steamed in banana leaf. Learn here how to make this dish with step by step instructions and video. Ela ada is a traditional Kerala sweet/snack which is made with rice flour/raw rice and coconut-jaggery filling. Vazhayila Ada is a very healthy and tasty dish which Banana leaves, bay leaves, turmeric leaves etc.are used for making Ada. To begin making Ela Ada Recipe, first keep a pan on the gas stove and bring water to boil.