Tamil Nadu

Adhirasam

Name: Adhirasam
Prep time: 3 h
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Total time: 4 h 30 min
Yield: 10 servings
Cuisine: Tamil
Ingredients: 1 1/4 cups raw rice soaked 3 hours rice; 1 cup grated jaggery; 1/4 cup water; 1/2 tsp cardamom; 1 tsp sesame seeds; 2 tsp ghee; Cooking oil (vegetable oil), for deep frying, about this much absorbed

Rice flour and jaggery dough, rested and fried into chewy discs. Deepavali's most patient sweet.

90 minTime

2 gProtein each

mildSpice

3hPlan ahead. Soak for 3 hours first; the 90 minutes come after.

A sweet that needs patience2 chapters · 1 min read

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Grandma's wayRested rice jaggery dough, fried and pressed.

The original

232kcalsame

2 gproteinsame

0 gfibresame

90minutessame

Classic adhirasam.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Rice1¼ cups raw rice, soaked 3 hours

Jaggery1 cup, grated

Water¼ cup

Cardamom½ tsp

Sesame seeds1 tsp

Ghee2 tsp

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)for deep frying, about this much absorbed

Method

4 steps

1Soak rice 3 hours, drain and spread on a cloth for 30 minutes. Grind to a fine, slightly damp flour and sift.
2Melt jaggery with water and boil to a soft ball stage.
3Stir flour into hot syrup with cardamom, sesame and ghee. Cover and rest at least 6 hours or overnight.
4Flatten small balls on greased plastic and fry on medium until brown both sides. Press between two ladles to remove oil.

Serve it like this

Drain on paper for a minute, pile onto a plate and serve hot with chutney on the side.

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Adhirasam

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