Adirasam ( Sweet ) Making Made Easier

Adirasam is a simple sweet south indian dish usually prepared especially for janmashtami . . here is how it is prepared ... take about three measures of rice four and add one measure of jaggery and mix / grind in a dry grinder to blend thoroughly ( add some cardamom if you like ) then make this flour into a thick dough with minimum quantity of water; roll out with hand as shown and deep fry in cooking oil or if you prefer pure ghee till deep brown.. if you roll out thick then it will be soft ( some like it like that ) and if you roll out thin it will be crispy .. ( others like it like that !) and cool it and
EAT !
Note: This is an ideal sweet preparation for beginners, requiring almost no secret techniques and is liked by many ..

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• adirasam
• south
• indian
• sweet
• dish
• rice
• jaggery
• food

[21bluediamond]

thanks for the recipe. I tried, but it came out very hard. And another point is , its not that sweet , should we need to increase the jagery?

[oldernwiser0]

both the problems mentioned by you have the same origin and you have guessed it correctly, yes, if you increase the jaggery, you would also make it sweet and soft ! i'm sure you'll get excellent result the next time you try it ...cheers ! :-)

[pavithra17]

Wow, looks very easy. I will surely try it out and let you know. But I have a doubt here, How different are adirsams from appam. Infact even when I try out adirsam in the traditional way, it seems the same to me.

[oldernwiser0]

do try them out ! i'm sure you'll enjoy the success...for adirasam, you make a dough and this dough is patted and then cooked in the ghee / oil.. whereas appam is thick batter that is poured into hot ghee/ oil with a laddle, appams are much softer than adirasams.. but yes, their taste is almost identical and one would find it difficult to tell apart at first glance ..all the best !

[pavithra17]

Hi, thanks for your reply. I did try with exactly same measurements of 1 tablespoon of powdered Jaggery and 3 table spoons of Rice flour (store bought only) but the dough almost went into pieces as soon as I dropped it in oi. Infact I added a little rice flour later but did not form a shape like how it has for you. I guess I am wrong in my measurements. Could you share the measurements again please. Thank you sir.

[oldernwiser0]

the measurements you took are correct and the fault is not with the measurement. did you use a blender to mix thoroughly ? this is important.. and then, did you knead the dough thoroughly ? and did you drop into the oil gently ? if these were ok then you should probably increase the jaggery powder quantity, because it is the jaggery that gives the binding strength to the dough, and the rice flour has no binding strength at all - not sticky ..i'm sure it will come out alright with more jaggery

[oldernwiser0]

you're welcome ! :-)

[oldernwiser0]

i fully agree with you and have had to reconcile many times with the same problems.. one more problem is that the vellum is sometimes sour ! but i do shop around a little and luckily get good clean vellum ...like i always say .. dont give up ! there is a sweet at the end of the work !:-)

[kalkati]

thanks

[leens77]

Very easy way sir,but every vellam i buy even if it looks very clean, when melted, always has some tiny stones or other dirts.This is the only reason i hesitate to use this method.But it is good to know that good results is possible with store bought readymade rice flour.This was the only reason i never tried tomake this sweet because i cannot make my own rice flour.