After 15 mins of talking (of which 3 mins was dedicated to the recipe!), I started off. This is an easy snack for kids for their after-school hungry times. Its quite healthy too and can be easily made with the ingredients available in your pantry.
Looking for more easy evening snacks? Check out: Bread Paneer Rolls, Ethakka Appam, and Ghee Fried Bananas
Godumai Adai / Godambu Ada
Makes - 6
Ingredients:
Wheat flour / atta - 2 cups
Jaggery / sharkkara / vellam - ⅔ cup, grated (Adjust if you like it not too sweet)
Grated coconut - ½ cup
Powdered cardamom - ⅓ teaspoon (2-3 pods)
Salt - one pinch
Ghee - to cook
Instructions:
1. Transfer the jaggery to a bowl and add about 2 tablespoon water. Keep on low fire until it starts melting. Let it boil for about 5 mins. Strain to remove impurities and set aside to cool.
*Note that this step is necessary if you are using Kerala sharkkara. If using the lighter coloured Tamil Nadu version, sis says there are no impurities so you can just use the grated jaggery and mix in with the atta. The TN version is salted so make sure you adjust the addition of salt to the dough.
2. Mix the atta, salt and cardamom until well combined. Add the coconut to this and mix well.
3. Add the cooled jaggery mixture to the atta and combine with finger tips. Add enough water and keep combining until you get a sticky, slightly elastic, loose dough. It should neither be watery nor hard like for chapatis. The consistency is not super important but make sure you don't go to either extreme. Also make sure not to knead too much.
4. Heat a griddle and add some ghee. Scoop out some dough with your fingers, place on the pan and smooth out into a circle using your fingertips. Let it brown (1 min).
5. Turn and cook the other side until nicely browned. Tastes good both hot and at room temp.
Note
If you want some melted jaggery in the ada (which I LOVE), reserve some grated jaggery before melting and add this to the dough while mixing. The jaggery pieces will melt and form nice patterns on the ada. Hmmm.. heaven!
Nags
Wow Sharmilee, that was quick! it actually tastes good slightly burnt, do u agree? 😀
Reeni♥
These look absolutely delicious! I would love to try them!
Cynthia
Ah, the call of childhood.
Anonymous
Love this dish. Amma used to make it so often when we were kids! I also like the steamed version with the jaggery and coconut cardamom mixture as the filling inside the godambu dough.what is that called(?), something different i think...this of course is easier:D
Nags
Lena, that's so sweet! 🙂 Thank you so much for dropping in a note after trying!
Lena Rashmin Raj
hai Nags..i tried this recipe 2day..but before taking pic me n my hus finished it..he told v wl take snap next time..so u can understand, hw much v loved it...superb recipe.. 🙂
Nags
Lena, that's so sweet! 🙂 Thank you so much for dropping in a note after trying!
Lena Rashmin Raj
hai Nags..i tried this recipe 2day..but before taking pic me n my hus finished it..he told v wl take snap next time..so u can understand, hw much v loved it...superb recipe.. 🙂
Bharathy
BOOKMARKED!!! 😉 😉 (i mean it)..:D!!...I am drooling and drooling over the pics..esp the last one...I love just that way..the melted jaggarry lumps in/on the ada...;)...
Nags
Sharmilee - I thought yours came out really well too, the shape was more uniform than mine. Since we pat these with hands, the first side will be better-looking and browned more evenly than the second. I used only those sides for the pics, so maybe that's why 🙂
I just drizzled the ghee around the adai while cooking.