Traditional Kerala Recipe

Ingredients

• Banana – 3 nos
• Rice flour – 2 nos
• Jaggery -1 cup
• Grated coconut – ½ cup
• Cardamom- 3 nos
• Salt – 1 tsp
• Ghee – 2 or 3 tsp
• Bay leaves – 8 or 9nos

Method

• Heat a pan ,add jaggery and water boil them well, then drain and keep aside.
• Crush cardamom into fine powder set aside.
• Peel the bananas and smash with neat hands.
• Then add rice flour,grated coconut, cardamom powder,salt and ghee into bowland
  combinethem well.
• Add drained jaggery water little by little and make a smooth dough . It should not be too
  thick or too loose. Add jaggary water if necessary or the dough is too thick.
• Then make cones from the bay leaves, pin it up with stem of coconut leaves.
• Now put the mixture into the cones, as per the size of the leaf.
• Then fold the top with the upper edge .
• Heat water in a idli steamer , Place the cones on a steamer and steam for 12 to 14 minutes.
• Serve warm and enjoy traditional kerala recipe with tea.