Ingredients:
- Row white rice( Pachari )-500 gm
- Banana leafs : make medium sized rectangular shaped pieces
- Hot Water -approximately 1 cup
For filling:
- Chicken: 250gm
- Curry leaves: 3 stems ( chop into small pieces)
- Onions:2 nos (Chop into small pieces)
- Green chilies: 2 nos. (Chop into small pieces)
- Garlic – 1 full finely chopped
- Ginger – small piece finely chopped
- salt: 1 tbs
- Red chili powder: 1/2 tbs
- Turmeric powder:1/2 tbs
- Garam masala:1/2 tbs
- oil: as needed
Instructions to prepare flour:
Either you can use ready made pathiri flour or prepare the flour very easily as follows:
Soak the the rice in water for 1 hour, then clean it properly using water(2 or 3 times). Wash out the rice, make it dry.
You can grind the rice from flour mill or you can prepare the flour using mixer from home itself.
In a mixer grind the rice, make it very nice( pathiri flour ), remove all water from flour by heat the same in low flame. In a pan add the flour and stir well for 6 to 7 minutes.
Boil water , Using this boiled water mix the rice powder( by adding required water) and Make a soft,non-sticky dough like pathiri maavu. Set aside.
Preparing filling:
Cook the chicken in water using 1/2 tbs of salt. once get cooked, take the flush from it, and make small pieces ( with layers). If required crush the cooked chicken using mixer instead making small pieces.
In a pan add 2 tbs of oil, once get hot add chopped garlic, ginger and green chilies. Then add chopped onion, saute it well. add 1/2 tbs of salt , 1/2 tbs of red chili powder, turmeric powder, and garam masala powder. Saute well, once get cooked and chicken pieces into it and stir it well.
Take a medium sized dough and place it into the banana leaf. press it using hand and make round shape. Then add 2 tbs of filling in the middle and spread it in the middle portion of the leaf. Fold the leaf. Make all the dough same like this.
In a cooker or idili pot, heat the water , put a steel plate above the water and place the adas into it. Steam it for 15 to 20 minutes. Then off the flame. After 5 minutes open the cooker and serve the special chicken ada….
