Ingredients
- Macaranga leaves / vattayila : 10 to 12 nos
- Grated coconut – 50g
- Jaggery( grated ) – 50g
- Cardamom powder – 1 1/2 tsp
- Wheat flour – 4 cup
- Salt – 1 tsp
- Cumin seeds – 1 tsp
Method
- Today we’re going to make vattayila ada
- For that first collect some vattayila / macaranga leaves
- Then grate some coconut and keep it aside
- Now grate some jaggery
- Then mix the jaggery with the grated coconut and add cardamom powder and mix it with hands and keep it aside
- Now take wheat flour and add salt
- Then add cumin seeds by crushing it with hands
- Now add water little by little and make a dough out of it and keep it aside
- Now place a steaming pan in the stove
- Then clean all the macaranga leaves with a wet cloth
- Then take a ball of the dough we made and place it in the leaf and spread it with hands
- Then put some coconut and jaggery mix on top of it and spread with hands
- Then fold it
- Repeat the same step for all the leaves left
- Now open the steaming pan and place all of the leaves inside and close the pan and cook for almost 15 to 20 minutes
- After that open the pan and transfer it in to a plate
- Tasty vatta ila ada is ready to serve
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