Adhirasam

Adhirasam - Full recipe with stepwise pictures and videos. When you think about Diwali the first recipe which comes to your mind is Adhirasam. You can't celebrate Diwali without adhirasam, muruku ..My mother says that, one should start making bhakshanams only after making adhirasam. It is an authentic recipe, the quantity and the correct "padham"( consistency ) is very much important while making adhirasams. Adhirasam can be made in two types - one with sugar and another with jaggery. Here i'm making the traditional one with Jaggery. I'll post the sugar adhirasam soon. As diwali is nearing i'm posting this recipe. Let's get started.

Recipe Video:

Ingredients:
Pacharisi/Raw rice - 1 kg
Jaggery - 1/2 kg
Cardamom - 5-6
Water - 1/2 cup
Sesame seeds (white ) - 1 tsp
Sukku powder/Dry ginger powder - 1/4 tsp

Method:

1. Take 1 kg of raw rice or pacharisi, wash it thoroughly and drain the water...dry it in a cotton cloth to drain the water
2. The rice should be wet.
3. Add 5-6 cardamom
4. While grinding the grounded flour should be like this, grind in two batches
5. Sieve the flour
6. Pour 1/2 cup water in the pot
7. Add 1/2 kg jaggery to it and cook until it melts
8. Cook until you get 1 string consistency
9. 1 tsp white sesame seeds and 1/4 tsp sukku or dry ginger powder
10. Add the flour little by little to make the adhirsam dough
11. Now the adhirsam dough is ready
12. Cover tightly with a cotton cloth, let it rest for 20 hours
13. After 24 hours the dough will be like this
14. Make a medium sized ball from the dough
15. Make similar balls with rest of the dough
16. Pat the balls into adhirasam with your fingers
17. Drop the shaped adhirasam into hot oil and deep fry
18. Once it fluffs upturn to the other side
19. Remove from oil and filter the oil
20. Squeeze the extra oil by pressing the adhirasam with a massive bottomed vessel
21. Now the adhirasams are ready

With Stepwise Pictures:
Take 1 kg of raw rice or pacharisi, wash it thoroughly and drain the water...dry it in a cotton cloth to drain the water

The rice should be wet.
Add 5-6 cardamom

While grinding the grounded flour should be like this, grind in two batches

Sieve the flour

Pour 1/2 cup water in the pot
Add 1/2 kg jaggery to it and cook until it melts

Cook until you get 1 string consistency

1 tsp white sesame seeds and 1/4 tsp sukku or dry ginger powder

Add the flour little by little to make the adhirsam dough

Now the upturn dough is ready

Cover tightly with a cotton cloth, let it rest for 24 hours

After 24 hours the dough will be like this

Make a medium sized ball from the dough

Make similar balls with rest of the dough

Pat the balls into adhirasam with your fingers

Drop the shaped adhirasam into hot oil and deep fry

Once it fluffs up turn to the other side

Remove from oil and filter the oil

Squeeze the extra oil by pressing the adhirasam with a massive bottomed vessel

Now the adhirasams are ready

Happy Diwali😃