Adhirasam is a traditional deep-fried Deepavali snack from in Tamil Nadu . Learn how to make this for festivals and special occasions with video and step by step images.
This is a South Indian traditional sweet prepared for Diwali, pongal as well as for few other occasions.
Do check out my Deepavali Breakfast menu as well as traditional suzhiyan recipe in my website.
Adhirasam is my all time favourite. In my childhood, I used to like it made with sugar instead of jaggery. My mom never forgot to make a special batch of adhirasam with sugar specially for me.
So I always wanted to try out myself and make a step by step post detailed for keeping it as record and for the readers too.To be honest, for past 4 years, for every diwali, I tried, tried and tried, but somehow I made some silly mistakes and flopped.
But each time I learnt my mistake. As we don't make adhirasam other than for Diwali, I had to wait for an year every time. It is very easy to make for my mom and MIL, so it's all about experience. This time, I tried very carefully and followed my moms instructions.
And now I can also confidently make adhirasam every year. This post is sure a record for me. I have updated this post with new pictures. Here are the old ones:
Adhirasam Video
Adhirasam Ingredients
Here are the basic ingredients needed to make adhirasam. For exact measurements, refer recipe card below.
I used maavu arisi (IR64) for this year's Diwali (2023) and there was a lot of difference in texture than when I used Sona masoori variety. This yields definitely softer adhirsam than that.
Rice - Raw rice - though any raw rice variety works, maavu arisi (IR 20 or IR64 variety) will be best to retain moisture and turn the adhirasam soft.
Jaggery - I use paagu vellam as much as possible. It is soft in texture, darker (reddish/ orange) in colour.
Dry ginger - Sukku for flavor as well as digestion.
Cardamom - For flavor.
Ghee - To grease
Step by step images
Let's see how to make adhirasam with step by step images. I have a short video too here.
1. Wash the rice firstly and soak for 3 hours.
2. After that, drain, spread in a white cotton cloth.
Do not let it dry for long time as it will give rubbery adhirasam. Moisture should be there if you touch the rice (few will stick to hands here and there). The idea is just to get rid of excess water.
3. Then grind it in 2 batches in a mixer to a flour.
4. Wipe down the sides to ensure even powdering.
5. After that, sieve it. My MIL and mom uses rava jalladai (sieve) for this, so I understand it's important for the some flour to be slightly on coarse side.
6. While you sieve, keep the flour gently packed
That is after you sieve and transfer the flour to a container, press it gently so that it locks the moisture and keep covered always so that flour doesn't get dried.
I return the remains of the first batch after sieving, to the mixie to grind along the second batch of rice.
7. While you sieve, keep the flour gently packed and covered in moist towel.
8. Meanwhile, powder the jaggery and heat it with water just to immerse the jaggery.
9. Mix well to dissolve the jaggery.
10. Once its completely dissolved, filter it to remove impurities. Again start heating the jaggery syrup.
11. Boil in medium flame always and stir occasionally.
12. At one stage, the syrup gets thicker and when you pour in water, then it won't get dissolved and you will be able to gather it with your fingers and form a loose ball that stays in hand.
Tips
While making jaggery syrup,
- Keep checking the syrup consistency by pouring in water kept in a small bowl.
- At beginning stage, the syrup dissolves as you pour in water, then at next stage, it will lay a fine thread in the water, but gets dissolved when you touch.
- After that comes the required consistency. Do not let it pass.
You can add syrup to the rice flour or rice flour to the syrup, it is fine whichever way you are comfortable with. In these recent days, I have started adding rice flour to the syrup.
13. Add dry ginger powder, cardamom powder and switch off the flame.
14. Add rice flour to it little by little.
15. Mix well as you add, without any lumps.
16. Add rice flour until you get this thick batter like flowing consistency.
17. Later after cooling completely, resting the dough for a day, it becomes thick like this. I kept it for 3 days in room temperature.
18. At the time of making, divide into equal sized balls, each of small lemon sized. You can use ghee when you roll as the dough will be slightly sticky.
19. Grease a banana leaf or ziploc cover and pat it slightly thick.
20. Then heat oil in kadai, put the flame to low once hot. Slide in the patted adhirasam.
21. Let it rise up and pour oil over it so that it puffs up.
22. After that, flip and again pour oil over to cook it.
23. Once deep red in colour, use two ladles and squeeze the excess oil carefully.
24. Adhirasam is ready. Keep over 2 layers of kitchen tissues to absorb excess oil.
As needed, keep over more layers of kitchen tissue, as you fry.
Top tips
- Too much water to the jaggery will take time to bring to the required consistency, but too very little water make the stages of syrup pass too fast and end up in past stage. This will make adhirasam dissolve in oil. Too much jaggery ratio makes the adhirasam dissolve in oil.
- The dough should be very loose when you make adhirsam. If it is stiff, then your adhirasam will become hard and chewy. So you have to add a tblsp of milk and knead the dough well again and try making. This will ensure the adhirsam to be soft.
- Keep the dough ATLEAST overnight at room temperature.
- If you keep leftover dough in fridge, do not make immediately as you take out from the fridge. Bring to room temperature.
- The rice while grinding should be moist, retain water, also the sieved flour should not get dry. Otherwise the adhirasam will get crispy, hard.
My notes
- If you flatten thin, the adhirsam will turn very crisp, hard. So make it thick.
- Cook in low flame to make sure it gets cooked evenly and also make sure not to over cook which makes the adhirsam harder.
- Flip immediately once the it rises up after you add the adhirsam in oil.
- Use ghee when flattening each adhirsam.
- The jaggery syrup will be needed depending upon the quality of rice, some need more, some need less. So for safer side, make more.
- In case, your adhirsam is chewy or hard, steam it for 3 minutes in idli plate/ steamer. It becomes soft. Just for troubleshooting.
Will add more tips as I remember or more from my MIL and mom 🙂 - My MIL brings the syrup to loose ball consistency, put the flame to low and adds the flour and mix, switches off the flame. I add syrup to the floor off fire.
FAQs
Jaggery ratio is more in the dough. At times, this happens if you use too less water and syrup past the stage. My mom in law and mom says 'paagu murugiduchu'
How to fix this? Add some more homemade rice flour or wheat flour and try again. But this will affect the end result - crispy or harder/ chewier adhirasam.
To use this dough in other ways, make nei appam. Add mashed banana, wheat flour mixed together. Incorporate to the adhirasam dough, keep aside for 30 mins or so and make batter. Pour as nei appam in ghee or paniyaram pan.
If the rice flour gets too dry and not enough moist.
Maavu arisi is very good at retaining moisture and gets cooked in syrup to give soft adhirasam.
While our eating rice, sona masoori or any raw rice that is higher in quality, needs more water content and takes a while to gets cooked (try heating up a bit while mixing the dough in lowest flame, taking care not to let burn the dough or over cook)
How to fix this?
This cannot be fixed but the fried adhirasam can be steamed in idli plate for a while just before serving.
What to do if adhirasam dough is loose?
Add more fresh rice flour and mix to get desired consistency. The dough usually thickens as it cools and set for a day. But if it is still too runny, use fresh rice flour until the dough thickens.
It is always better to reserve little rice flour and little jaggery syrup to ensure this doesn't happen.
What to do if adhirasam dough is hard?
If the dough is hard or if the dough is too tight to pat, then add some milk and knead the dough.
Recipe card
Adhirasam recipe
Ingredients
- 1.5 cups Raw rice pacharisi, refer note 1
- 1 cup Jaggery
- 1 tablespoon Sesame seeds Optional
- ⅛ teaspoon Dry ginger powder Sukku
- ⅛ teaspoon Cardamom powder
- 1 tablespoon Ghee
- Oil as needed for deep frying
Instructions
Make fresh rice flour
- Wash the rice firstly and soak for 3 hours.
- After that, drain, spread in a white cotton cloth.
- Do not let it dry for long time as it will give rubbery adhirasam. Moisture should be there if you touch the rice (few will stick to hands here and there). The idea is just to get rid of excess water.
- Then grind it in 2 batches in a mixer to a flour. Wipe down the sides to ensure even powdering.
- After that, sieve it. My MIL and mom uses rava jalladai (sieve) for this, so I understand its important for the some flour to be slightly on coarse side.
- I return the remains of the first batch after sieving, to the mixie to grind along the second batch of rice.
- While you sieve, keep the flour gently packed and covered in moist towel.
- That is after you sieve and transfer the flour to a container, press it gently so that it locks the moisture and keep covered always so that flour doesn't get dried.
Making jaggery syrup
- Meanwhile, powder the jaggery and heat it with water just to immerse the jaggery.
- Once its completely dissolved, filter it to remove impurities. Again start heating the jaggery syrup.
- Boil in medium flame always and stir occasionally.
- Keep checking the syrup consistency by pouring in water kept in a small bowl.
- At beginning stage, the syrup dissolves as you pour in water, then at next stage, it will lay a fine thread in the water, but gets dissolved when you touch.
- After that, at one stage, the syrup gets thicker and when you pour in water, then it won't get dissolved and you will be able to gather it with your fingers and form a loose ball that stays in hand.
- This is called loose ball consistency (in Tamil, thakkali pazham padham) and this is the stage, you have to put off the fire.
- Add sesame seeds if adding, cardamom powder and dry ginger powder to the flour.
- Add rice flour gradually as you mix without any lumps. Mix well to get it smooth.
- The dough should be pouring consistency.
- After few hours/ overnight, it will get absorbed, get thickened and firmer.
- Keep it overnight (2 -3 days if possible, for better result) at room temperature in an airtight container.
- If more than that, keep refrigerated. But let it be out overnight at least for a day.
Deep fry
- At the time of making, divide into equal sized balls, each of small lemon sized. You can use ghee when you roll as the dough will be slightly sticky.
- Heat oil in kadai and once it is hot, reduce the flame to low. In a ziploc, grease it with a drop of ghee and flatten the dough thick. Carefully slide in oil.
- Once it rises up, immediately flip it and cook. Once it turns golden brown, drain from oil.
- You must use another ladle and press it to squeeze out the excess oil as shown, as it may retain some oil in it.
- Repeat the process for the rest of the dough. Oil should always be in low or medium if needed.
Video
Notes
- Note 1 : When I tried first, I use sona masuri rice. It yielded less amount of flour. So I used 1.5 cups of rice. Later when I tried with maavu arisi (IR64) raw rice, it yield more flour. So please note depending on the rice variety, the quantity you add to jaggery syrup will vary. Reserve flour accordingly.
- In my updated steps, the method is adding rice flour to jaggery because of that.
- Fermenting the dough (keep it in room temperature for 2-3 days helps softer results)
- Make sure not to miss syrup consistency.
- Check under Top tips section above for more tips.
Babitha costa says
Love adhirasam very much
Raji says
One of my fav diwali delicacy... but always scared to make it on my own...my MIL makes the dough and sends it to me..and I use it as and when required. You have made these perfectly..maybe I should also dare to make these lovely adhirsams.
Nivedhanams Sowmya says
such a difficult recipe - you make it looks so easy!! well done raji!!
Vimitha Anand says
Love adhirasam... looks yummy
Archana Chari says
Superb post, Raks. I have assisted amma in making these and totally love it!
AISHWARYA says
Such an awesome post I am surely going to try this. I have a doubt, what if the rice powder becomes dry, can we sprinkle some water to the powder to retain the moisture?
Veena Theagarajan says
Very nice and yummy Adhirsam..
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Kaveri Venkatesh says
So well explained..even a beginner will feel confident of trying out this traditional sweet...Looks really Good
WeR SAHM says
wow what a nice write up dear... very impressive clicks...
Nagalakshmi V says
this is one of my favourite sweets! they have come out perfect for you.
ps: love the moving bar on top too.
Sharmilee! :) says
This is my fav anytime...can munch it nonstop...looks awesome!
sowmya(creative saga) says
this one is really tricky to make..hats off to you to get such wonderful ones..
Pri says
Wow lovely adhirasam given me the confidence to do well this time for Diwali thanks Raks..
RAKS KITCHEN says
Aishwarya, Keep it pressed so that the moisture is still there.If it dries, then just proceed making the dough. If the dough is very stiff later, then you can sprinkle milk to make it loose.
Priya says
Even i never tried making them, its scares me a lot, after many flops i dont have courage to make some, i love that sugar adhirasam too,my grandma brings me specially for every deepavali,missing her now:(.
Prefect looking my fav adhirasam Raji,well done.
Umamaheswari says
Raji, I tried your adirasam recipe and it turned out great. Your tip about keeping the rice moist was right, I have tried adirasam before, but this time it was just perfect!
jeyashrisuresh says
Even i have never tried adirasam so far as my mom always scares me that it will make more flop shows.
This one looks so tempting and one of my fav too. Turned out awesome
divya says
OMG!!! Looks soooo....good!!!
Pranati Nath says
in Odisha we call it Arisha pitha..they r looking super delicious.....thanks for sharing it..:)
Anu says
Raji superb!!!! Kalkarae. Looks so tempting.
Chitra says
I love adhirasams! Your pic tempts me.
Raji Ravi says
yummy ......usually i dont like adirasam...but seeing yr clicks telling me to taste it
Anonymous says
Gorgeous!! I can smell the ghee and jaggery from here
sushmeetha says
looks amazing...
runnergirlinthekitchen.blogspot.com says
Mouthwateringgggg
Shabitha Karthikeyan says
My Mom makes it the same way. I have not tried it myself. You are tempting me to try it this year. Nicely done. Love the sliding menu bar on the top. Nice idea !!
♥LOVE2COOK MALAYSIA♥ says
My favourite adhirasam! Looks so perfect dear...
sowji says
Dear Raks, your way of presentation is very nice and excellent photography. BTW Adhirasam looks yummy....:))
APARNARAJESHKUMAR says
lovely raji 🙂 and Gr8 attempt yeah its tough to prepare 🙂
Priya says
Dear Raji,
The recipe looks awesome. All your recipes are awesome. Your detailed recipes have transformed my life. I cannot thank you enough for your generosity in sharing your recipes. You rock!
Priya
ANU says
wow I know it takes up lot of hard work, patience and time....you did a great job dear..and nice clicks too...
RAKS KITCHEN says
Thank you everyone for your appreciations 🙂
Thank you Uma for trying and the prompt feedback too! Its super quick! 🙂
Unknown says
Oh, the scrolling bar of snacks is moving too fast before I can grab some from each picture !! You are so talented !! Love your blog, and tried lots of recipes from here, each one of them a success...!
Unfortunately, in our house, athirasam is made only for death anniversaries !! So it is absolutely forbidden for me to make it for any festivals..!! Have you ever heard of this in any other family?? What a waste of such a good sweet !!
RAKS KITCHEN says
Unknown, You are right. We make only for Diwali , other than that only for 1st death anniversary. Thats y I dont make in between and took so long for me to get it right!
sapna says
Raji one question i have is if one makes it with the ready made rice flour how will we make the flour moist.I always appreciate your idea of making things from scratch.Looking forward to your reply.
Sowmia says
Hi ka!first of all i wanted to thank you so much for posting such traditional recipes like athirsam . Already I am at an entry level in cooking, but having tried some of your other recipes, whihc has never failed , i confidently tried this one . Thank god and you it came out great at the first time itself ka. To my surprise my MIL loved it very much and appreciated me . Thanks ka. I have taken you as my maanaseega guru ka. I used to tell this to my husband also.:) Thanks again ka keep posting.
Janani says
Raks you are a eeal genius Like I always say I am always hooked on to ur site love the scrolling bar in ur site all sweets look yummy. I was planning to do adhirasam had few flops before now got tips form my athai and trying to do it and seeing ur site gives me more confident thank you for the lovely post.
Sukanya says
hi raks /raji,
i made adhirasams for the first time following your recipe and they came out pretty decent. i feared of the the dough disintegrating in oil, but it did hold onto the shape. but the problem is the inside is soft but the outer covering is pretty crisp like murukku. donno what could have gone wrong....i did everything as u hav said...am i missing something in the frying part? the outer cover did break a little here and there while frying. by the way but for your post i wud have never got the gut to try it out. i can eat adhirams like crazy. thank u so much...planning to make another batch before diwali. lemme see if i can get it rgt this time. and you are doing an awesome job here in this blog. keep up the good work. 🙂
suja m says
Hi raks
I came across your blog while checking jeyashree's blog.. wow simply superb.. just looking at your receipes, presentation and especially your clicks makes me very hungry. u do with such an ease. great work. i am planning to make your badushas. hope it comes great like yours. Advance deepavalli wishes. keep up the good work.
sapna says
Raji i made adirasam today.The smell of the dough was very tantalizing but to my disappointment this was not come upto my expectation.Maybe too much of jaggery.It was very cripsy as in the case of masala vada but the inside was a bit too gooey.
Jayashree says
Your adirasam looks perfect and you have explained the entire process very well.
sabina says
Hi raks am back I've posted recipe on my blog and linked you ..do check it out when you find time...thanku for the wonderful recipe instructions my family just loved the adhirasams...
sabina says
Forgot to post the link on my comment.
http://sabcancook.blogspot.in/2012/11/adhirasam.html
revathi says
mouth watering
mouth watering says
very nice rak but i tried didnt turn good some where i messed up its so crunchy
RAKS KITCHEN says
Your dough should be moist and loose. If its tight, it tends to get crunchy. Add milk and knead the dough again to a loose consistency. That will sure work.
RAKS KITCHEN says
Hi sukanya,
Try making a little bit more thicker and keep the flame always in lowest possible. Flip as soon as it comes up in the oil and do not over cook. Add milk and knead again and try.
Some times if the flour we using gets dry before we make the dough, it gets crispy. Hope this helps.
Kurinji says
very nice...
Devi says
Hi, I tried making the dough just now and I guess my syrup is either too thick or I added too much Flour. Now the dough is like puttu flour. Should I add milk right now, or should I make extra syrup and add it or should I add milk tomorrow before frying in oil. Please reply. Wishing you a very happy Diwali.
RAKS KITCHEN says
If you can you can try making extra syrup and mix, or easy way is to add milk and mix just before making adhirsam...hope this helps
notyet100 says
This one looks so exotic,,,,:)
Nani Mani says
wow!adhirasam..mmmm....looks grt...my mom use to prepare this for diwali.i miss her a lot and her adhirasam too...hereafter i will prepare this on my own
thanks for this wonderful traditional recipe
sherley says
Hi Raji, Adhirasam is my hubby's favorite, mine too.. I tried making adhirasam twice b4 reading ur post n it was not up to the mark.. after reading ur recipe I made it for Diwali n it turned out to b perfect.. I was complimented by my hubby n in-laws;-) all d credit goes to u.. ur tips were so useful.. thanks alot n keep d good work.. sorry for my delayed comment.. gonna do my nxt batch 2mrw, dough is ready already.. thanks to u once again.. I hv tried many of ur recipes n it always turns out b wonderful:-)
sherley says
Hi Raji,
Adhirasam is my hubby's favortie sweet, mine too..! I tried making adhirasam twice b4 reading your post n it was not up to the mark.. after reading ur recipe I made it for Diwali n it turned 2 b perfect..! I got compliments from my hubby n in-laws 😉 all d credits goes 2 u.. ur tips were really useful.. thanks u so much.. keep d good work.. sorry for my delayed comments.. I'm gonna do my nxt batch 2mrw, dough is ready already:-)
sandhya sekar says
Hi Akka.
am very big lover of adhirasam , but bit afraid of tat consistency, now after seeing ur recipe am confident tat tis time i wil do it
divya says
Can i use ready made rice flour? i'm not sure how rice will dry in my climate(london)
Raks anand says
I have tried once, it came out very crisp.
Rama V V says
Hi can you specify the quantity of jaggery. Also if it is ready made flour what is the quantity
Raks anand says
Sorry, while re editing, got deleted, updated now. And I am not sure if its ready-made flour if it would turn out nice.
Lakshmi Venkatesh says
I tried it. Came out really well. Thanks..
Lakshmi Venkatesh says
I tried it . came out really well.. Thanks!!
shanmu G says
Hi Raks !!
I just tried ur recipe...the 1st 3 samples tat I tried turned out to be crisp n the dough was too loose..so I added 2 tblp rice flour n now its jus getting seperated in oil...any tips on how to get it back in shape..please reply !!
Raks anand says
Adding rice flour later never works. Making dough before the rice flour looses its moisture is the key in making. I have no solution for adhirasam getting separated in oil. I will consult with my elders at home and get back if at all there is any solution.
shanmu G says
sure thanks a lot !!!
Vidhya says
I tried out this recipe over the weekend and it came out perfect. The adhirasam came out so soft so please follow every single word from Raks! Thanks for the wonderful step by step recipe.
Vidhya says
I tried the adhirasam recipe over the weekend and I couldnt believe it came out perfect following this recipe. It was just perfect! Thanks a ton
kanchana says
Hi Raks,
Can i use thai white rice for make this adirasam
Dev Pratha says
Thanks for wonderful recipes and perfect measurements. I tried Adhirasam,Muruku, Ribbon pakoda and boondhi from your site. It came wonderful . Thank You very much to make me cook wonderful
Rohini says
Hi Raks i tried making dough for adhirasam but
the measurement for syrup which u gave was
not enough then again i prepared syrup and added..
I want to know whether it should be fine...
Rohini says
Hi Raks i tried making dough for adhirasam but
the measurement for syrup which u gave was
not enough then again i prepared syrup and added..
I want th know whether it should be fine...
Raks anand says
Oh i have given more syrup quantity, not sure why it wasnt enough. I think ther should not be problem. try and see
Sarada Subramaniam says
Hi raks,
I tried this...what I scared was happened,but it's ok,it turned out crispy and chewy,don't know what happened? One request ..next time when u make athirsam can u pls upload the full video,that will be really helpful to know the right dough consistency and thickness...thank you
Raks anand says
Try kneading the dough with milk and make it it thicker. Sure will try to do a video
Sarada Subramaniam says
Thank you
Praise says
Hi Raks, just preared the dough following your suggestion it is a little bit loose & gooey .. hopefully it would get stiffer ...what to do with leftover syrup any suggestions ??? thanks for sharing this receipe.. its one of my favorite sweet.
sathya senthil says
I always want to try adhirasam but i keep on posting it bcz its diff task.But your detailed pic gives me enthusiasm to do it quickly. Adhirasam looks too soft (you got fantastic texture)
RAJESHTRAJAN says
My wife did this, now the dough too rough and not able to make as a ball and it got too dry and powered again. So we added more Jaggery then put in oil but it was melt in oil and lost its shape. too much tired and we dont know what to do with dough. We started with half KG of rice flour and now it is become 1.5 KG by adding Jaggery and rice flour repeatedly!!!!!!
Raks anand says
Just mix with luke warm milk, it tastes great. Or add some grated coconut and heat to get a chewy coconut candy.
Sakthivel Sellammal says
Can palm jaggery used for adhirasam?
Akshara S says
i tried making adhirasam today .. As soon as i dropped the adhirasam in the oil , it immediately broke in the oil... Can u guide me where did i do the mistake?
Raks anand says
May be the syrup consistency is not right.
Shalini Mahesh says
hi raji... i have tried ur recipe with sugar.... came out very good.. I had this sugar method adirasam in salem during childhood days.. so just tried. came out awesome.
coolsongs says
Can we make immediately too...
can I use organic sonamasoori rice.. thanks
Raks anand says
Yes sure!
coolsongs says
What is the difference for overnight mixture or fresh pls suggest
Mahi S says
Athirasam mixing breaking in the heat oil ... how can solve this give me any suggestions
Raks anand says
You can try adding flour and milk and try again, but first try in small amount, if it works. But I would suggest to make paniyaram with it. Add little water, wheat flour, 1/2 banana.
saha says
Can I make athirasam using sona masoori rice?Please reply. Thanks
Suganya Bala says
The flour is smaller than rava in size. Is that fine? Else should it be like idiyappam ready made flour?
Raks anand says
Smaller than rava can be fine. It gives different texture that's the difference. If its coarse more pola pola adhirsam.
Unknown says
Just now I prepared dough but I did mistake by doubting that I crossed the consistency because it took long time but I can form the syrup but not like round and I tried many times it form and melt . Please suggest me whether I can make with this dough
Arthi Kyanam says
I followed your recipe to the T. They turned out a little crisp(hard). A mistake I know of is I did not grind the rice fine ...you can call it coarse. But they taste great. Thanks for the recipe. You made a tricky recipe sound easy. Il try again any advice?
Arthi Kyanam says
I followed your recipe to the T. They turned out little hard with a few cracks. But they taste good. The only mistake I know of is I did not grind the rice fine ...you can call it coarse. Il try again any suggestions...? Thanks for the recipe you made a tricky dish sound easy...
Malini Asokan says
is there any other option to loosen the dough, other than adding milk/
Raks anand says
Grinding coarse is fine, try to retain more moisture in the flour (keep the flour covered and let it be moist)
Raks anand says
I dont know, sorry ....
Deepika V says
My dough was little loose. .. pls help me. . Is there is any option to make the dough to the correct consistency
[email protected] marthi says
I tried doing this today. But upper layet is coming out. What should I do now ?
[email protected] marthi says
I tried doing this today. But upper layet is coming out. What should I do now ?
Raks anand says
If you keep for few days, could get stiff. If too loose, cant do adhirasam. You can add rice flour , little banana and make appam/ paniyaram.
Raks anand says
Tried adding milk?
salmankhan says
Going to try....
Anu says
I made the dough yesterday and let it rest overnight. It was stiff and crumbled when I checked this morning. I am going to add luke warm milk and try frying it tonight, I am little scared..wish me good luck. Will let you know how it comes.
Sri Priya says
HiI tried adhirasam for this Diwali. Came out delicious.
Anu says
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Raynukaa Durgam says
Hi, can I store this dough in fridge?? If so, for how many months can I keep it?? Would it affect the taste and texture?? Lastly, If I were to take this dough in flight from India to UK, would it not get spoiled??
Anu says
I added 3 spoons of heavy cream + 2 spoons of atta and a pinch of baking soda as advised by a friend. I could able to make a pretty decent adhirasams.
Raks anand says
For 1 and half months may be. Coz, my MIL told she will bring me next month 😉
Sure it gets thickened, but you can keep in room temperature to bring back to its consistency also add little milk. You can sure fly the dough, it wont get spoiled.
Raynukaa Durgam says
Thank u for ur reply
Madhuri says
Hi... Its 15 hrs since I prepared the dough.. buy still it's very loose..how to troubleshoot if its still loose after 24 hrs
Unknown says
I think I made the dough loose.. it's 15 hrs now but better thicker than when I made.. how can I troubleshoot of its still loose after 24 hrs
Raks anand says
You can try adding a tbsp of rice flour, maida. If still it is loose, if you keep adding flour, it wont be in good texture. You can make appam with it by adding wheat flour and making a batter. (sweet paniyaram) You can add a pinch of cooking soda and banana too to make it soft
ganesh raja says
Hi. I got it with crispy .not smooth....can u say why..
sindhu says
Hi i made it by following ur recipe ...but i got it with crispy ....can u. Say why...but tast is very. Fine....thank u
Raks anand says
To get soft adhirasams, soak for long time, say 5 hours. spread in cloth for less time without drying too much. Just 5 mins is enough. After grinding, keep the flour press and covered. Add soft ball consistency syrup until you get gooey runny dough as you see in my video. Lastly give 2 days fermentation time. Cook quickly not for long time. Hope this helps.
Khanita Bareera says
Hello i grinded rice not to a fine powder it was granulated suguar type as i mixed jaggery syrup it didnt form a dough ..it become like wet sand type ..what shall i do now?any correction i cn do ..this is the first attempt of mine..plz tel me the solution..
Raks anand says
You should grind little more finer, not like granulated sugar. You can try adding little more rice flour, ground in the same way mentioned in the post (fine flour) and add to the batter and try slightly heating the mixture (just warm it up) and make adhirsams. I am not sure about this, just a thought. If it doesnt work, add wheat flour, mashed banana (1/2) to it and a pinch of cooking soda, make paniyaram.
Priya Rajesh says
Hi raks, please reply
I tried 3-4 times but, it was be cripy, broken in oil. Corrected with u r all above steps, but not statisfy. I have kitchen scale, so can you able to tell in gram measurements? How much gram rice nd jaggery? Because cup measurements goes to fail for me.
Meena venkat says
Hi raks, I tired today adhirasam and it came out very well. Thank you very much for the step by step explanation
Unknown says
Hi raks, I tried today adhirasam and it came out very well, thank you very much for the step by step explanation
deepika vasanth says
Tried today,it's very nice,thank you
deepika vasanth says
Hi mam, today i made adhirasam,it just like store bought.thank you so much for sharing
Unknown says
Raks, you did not mention water quantity to make syrup!!!
Minu Radhika says
Hey raks... I really love your recipes... yours is my go to page for most my cooking...!! recently I tried your adhirasam recipe but I had a issue. My batter looks gooey after keeping it for rest for two days now. Am not able to make the balls. Apparently my syrup came out perfect, still the batter is not firming up. Is there any way out?? I would be glad to hear from you. Thank you. And happy Deepavali in advance....!!!
Raks Anand says
Can you try adding 1 or 2 tbsp of wheat flour to a small portion of batter and test? I am not sure if adding fresh flour again will work.
Minu Radhika says
I tried it after adding rava (as suggested by my aunt). It came out well. Thank you for your step by step guidelines and quick response.... it gave me the confidence to try such complicated recipe. You make it look so easy...!!
Raks Anand says
Oh glad to know 🙂 Happy Diwali!
Ramya Bala says
Mam, my adhirasam dough is hard, while pressing adhirasam breaks the edges( before putting into the oil) please give some suggestions, Thank you
Raks Anand says
Can you try adding little milk and kneading the dough? Or even if you have some extra jaggery syrup, you can warm it and add the dough to it and mix (just until dough gets warm)
Nandhu says
Hi after adding the syrup to the flour should it be kept open till it cools and then closed?
Raks Anand says
You can cover with ladle and a plate loosely over it to let the dough cool down. Make sure no water drips in it (give lots of space)
RD says
The recipe is just like my mom makes..
Priya says
Hi Raji,
Can we use Basmathi rice?
Pls reply
Raks Anand says
I have not tried and not sure how it will give starchy flour that retains water. It is important for the flour to retain some moisture and get cooked easily in the jaggery syrup. So I cannot suggest you without trying myself sorry 🙁 You can definitely is eating rice (raw rice like sona masuri, ponni pacharisi)
Hema says
My adhirasam is soggy immediately after cooking. It is not crisp. What should I do?
Raks Anand says
Hi, it should not be crisp. But it should be firm enough. You mean it is becoming porous and drinks oil?
Lakshmi says
How do I fix when my dough is grainy and not dropping consistency? I think I didnt grind it finely enough and dough is slightly thick. My bad i should have read the tips section before making and not after
Raks Anand says
Hi, still you can make adhirasam by mixing milk and loosening the dough. Hope this helps you.