Genasale / Eeraddye / Kayi Kadubu / Patholi
a tradition dessert made from rice, stuffed with coconut jaggery , wrapped in turmeric leaf and steamed cooked
Ingredients
For covering
- 2 Cups Rice, ( you can use any rice )
- 1/4 cup coconut
- 1/4 tsp Salt
For stuffing
- 2 Cups Fresh coconut, grated
- 3/4 Cup Jaggery, (according to taste)
- ½ tsp Green Cardamom / Elaichi Powder
- Few Turmeric / Banana Leaves,
Instructions
- Soak rice in water for 3-4 hours and then grind to smooth batter with coconut & salt ; without adding too much of water.
- The batter consistency should be thick(thicker than milkshake).
- Heat a pan ,add jaggery and 1/2 cup of water and let it dissolve completely.Now add grated coconut and mix it well.Cook till it becomes dry and all the moisture evaporates .Add cardamom powder. Stuffing is ready.
- Clean all the leaves,wipe them with kitchen towel and now its ready for stuffing.
- Now take some water in the idli steamer and keep for boil.
- Meanwhile arrange all the leaves in a row and start spreading the batter.Spread a table spoon of batter on each leaves as shown in the picture.Try to spread the batter evenly for the better results.
- Now take some stuffing and nicely spread it in a single line.The stuffing should be in the center.If you want more sweet then you can add little more stuffing.Fold it as shown in the pic
- Proceed the same with all the leaves.Once done its ready for steaming. you can either fold vertically or horizontally .
- Place them in a steamer / idli stand and steam cook them for 15 -20 minutes .When the turmeric /banana leaves fades in color, its an indication that eeradde is almost done .
- Let them cool down a bit,peel off the leaf before you serve. Serve them with dash of Ghee and honey (optional).
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Notes
This post was published on Aug 13 th 2013 and re published with better images and content on 2nd Sep 2021 .