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    Home » Recipes » Traditional Deepavali Sweets

    Adhirasam recipe, Deepavali recipes

    October 31, 2012 by Raks Anand 135 Comments / Jump to Recipe

    Adhirasam is a traditional Deepavali snack from in Tamil Nadu. Learn how to make adhirasam with quick video and step by step photos.

    adhirasam
    Adhirasam recipe

    This is a South Indian traditional sweet adhirasam for Diwali in many communities as well as for few other occasions.

    Do check out my Seeni adhirasam recipe as well as traditional suzhiyan recipe in my website.

    Jump to:
    • Ingredients
    • Recipe card
    • Adhirasam method:
    • Syrup consistency
    • Prepare dough
    • Deep frying
    • FAQs

    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 some how 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 its all about experience. This time, I tried very carefully and followed my moms instructions.

    And now I can also confidently make adhirsam every year. This post is sure a record for me.

    Ingredients

    If you are also like me who loves adhirsam and want to make at home, I would recommend to buy jaggery (paagu vellam) that is slightly with red shade rather than yellow.

    Also raw rice (maavu arisi) from the local shops.

    But any jaggery and raw rice works for this recipe. Just saying if its available in your living area, then you can make best use of it 🙂

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    Adhirasam recipe

    Adhirasam is a traditional Deepavali snack made in Tamil Nadu. Learn how to make adhirasam with quick video and step by step photos.
    Course Snack
    Cuisine Indian
    Prep Time 3 minutes
    Cook Time 30 minutes
    Resting time 1 day
    Servings 20 Adhirasams
    Cup measurements

    Ingredients

    • 1.5 cups Raw rice I used sona masuri
    • 1 cup Jaggery
    • 1 tablespoon Sesame seeds Optional (we usually do not add but tried once)
    • 2 pinches Dry ginger powder
    • 2 pinches Cardamom powder
    • 1 tablespoon Ghee
    • Oil as needed for deep frying
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    Instructions

    Make fresh rice flour

    • Wash the rice firstly and soak for 3 hours.
    • Drain, spread in a white cotton cloth for 10 mins. 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).
    • Grind it in 2 batches in a mixer to a flour. Wipe down the sides to ensure even powdering.
    • 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.
    • While you sieve, keep the flour pressed and covered. That is after you sieve and transfer the flour to a narrow 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 wont 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 soft ball consistency and this is the stage, you have to put off the fire. Immediately pour it to the flour little by little. Add sesame seeds if adding, cardamom powder and dry ginger powder to the flour.
    • You may need not all the jaggery syrup for sure. So be careful after you add ¾th of the syrup and keep mixing with a ladle or spatula.
    • The syrup should be super hot directly used from stove for soft results.
    • Mix well for at least 3 mins. The dough should be gooey and on sticky side and it should be very very loose (pouring consistency).
    • After about some hours, it will get absorbed and get stiff.
    • Keep it overnight (2 days if possible, for better result) at room temperature in an airtight container. You can keep it as such for 2-3 days.
    • If more than that, keep refrigerated. But let it be out overnight atleast for a day.
    • At the time of making, divide into equal sized balls, each of small lemon sized. You can use sesame oil 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

    • 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 adhirsam dissolve in oil. Too much jaggery ratio makes the adhirsam dissolve in oil. 
    • The dough should be very loose when you make adhirsam. If it is stiff, then your adhirsam 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. Do not take our from the fridge and make immediately. 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.
    • If you flatten so thin, the adhirsam will turn very crisp. 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. So the given quantity will be more, so keep that in mind.
    • In case, you 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 soft 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. 
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    Adhirasam method:

    Make fresh rice flour

    1. Wash and soak rice for minimum 3 hours. Drain, spread in a white cotton cloth for 10 mins. Do not let it dry for long time as it will give crispy rubbery adhirasam. Moisture should be there when you touch the rice  (few will stick to hands here and there).
      step 1 Soak,drain,spread
    2. Grind it in 2 batches in a mixer to a flour.
      step 2 grind to fine flour
    3. Sieve it. My MIL and mom uses rava jalladai (sieve) for this, so I understand its important for some flour to be slightly on coarse side too. While you sieve, keep the sieved flour pressed and covered. That is after you sieve and transfer the flour to container, press it gently. It locks the moisture. Keep covered always. This helps flour being moist. Meanwhile, powder the jaggery and heat it with water just to immerse the jaggery (Say ½ cup to ¾ cup).
      step 3 sieve,jaggery
    4. Once its completely dissolved, filter it to remove impurities. Again start heating the jaggery syrup.
      step 4 filter,heat

    Syrup consistency

    1. 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 this, at one stage, the syrup gets thicker and when you pour in water, then it wont get dissolved and you will be able to take, gather it with your fingers and form a loose ball.
      This is called soft ball consistency and this is the stage, you have to put off the fire. Immediately pour it to the flour little by little.
    2. Do not let the syrup cool down, it is important for the syrup to be hot so that the rice flour gets cooked as you add for softer adhirasam.
      My MIL even does the mixing in low flame itself while mom does off the fire.
      Key is to cook the rice flour a bit for softness. Add sesame seeds if adding, cardamom powder and dry ginger powder to the flour.
      step 5 soft ball

    Prepare dough

    1. You may need not all the syrup for sure. So be careful after you add ¾th of the syrup and keep mixing with a ladle or spatula.
      The dough will be gooey and on sticky side and it will be very very loose (pouring consistency).
      Don't worry. After some hours, it will get absorbed and get stiff. It is a must for the dough to be gooey and loose as after some time it gets thick.
      add to flour,mix
    2. Keep it overnight (2 days if possible, for better result) at room temperature in an airtight container.
    3. You can keep it as such for 2-3 days. If more than that, keep refrigerated. But let it be out overnight atleast for a day.
      At the time of making, divide into equal sized balls, each of small lemon sized.
      You can use sesame oil when you roll as the dough will be slightly sticky.
      store,divide into balls

    Deep frying

    1. Heat oil in kadai and once it is hot, reduce the flame to low. In a ziploc/ banana leaf piece, grease it with a drop of ghee and flatten the dough thick. Carefully drop in oil.
      flat,fry
    2. Once it rises up, immediately flip it and cook. Once it turns golden brown, drain from oil.
      Adhirasam flip,drain
    3. 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.
      squeeze

    You can store the dough for months if keep refrigerated and use it whenever needed. Even fried adhirasams can be in shelf for a week.

    adhirasam recipe -step by step
    Adhirasam recipe | Traditional Deepavali sweet

    FAQs

    Why adhirasam dissolves in oil/ adhirasam breaks in oil/ adhirasam splits in oil?

    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.

    Why Adhirasam is crispy, chewy or hard?

    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.

    Other Traditional Deepavali Sweets

    • Sesame Gajak recipe | Diwali sweets
    • Thengai therattipal, thengai therattupal | Traditional Diwali sweets
    • Paal paniyaram recipe, how to prepare paal paniyaram
    • Palkova recipe, how to make palkova

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    Comments

    1. Babitha costa

      October 31, 2012 at 3:39 am

      Love adhirasam very much

      babitha

      http://babiscooking.blogspot.in/

      Reply
    2. Raji

      October 31, 2012 at 3:40 am

      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.

      Reply
    3. Vimitha Anand

      October 31, 2012 at 4:09 am

      Love adhirasam... looks yummy

      Reply
    4. Nivedhanams Sowmya

      October 31, 2012 at 4:28 am

      such a difficult recipe - you make it looks so easy!! well done raji!!
      Sowmya
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    5. Archana Chari

      October 31, 2012 at 5:02 am

      Superb post, Raks. I have assisted amma in making these and totally love it!

      Reply
    6. AISHWARYA

      October 31, 2012 at 5:18 am

      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?

      Reply
    7. Veena Theagarajan

      October 31, 2012 at 5:44 am

      Very nice and yummy Adhirsam..
      Great-secret-of-life.blogspot.com

      Reply
    8. Kaveri Venkatesh

      October 31, 2012 at 6:00 am

      So well explained..even a beginner will feel confident of trying out this traditional sweet...Looks really Good

      Reply
    9. WeR SAHM

      October 31, 2012 at 6:28 am

      wow what a nice write up dear... very impressive clicks...

      Reply
    10. Nagalakshmi V

      October 31, 2012 at 7:13 am

      this is one of my favourite sweets! they have come out perfect for you.

      ps: love the moving bar on top too.

      Reply
    11. Sharmilee! :)

      October 31, 2012 at 7:25 am

      This is my fav anytime...can munch it nonstop...looks awesome!

      Reply
    12. sowmya(creative saga)

      October 31, 2012 at 8:12 am

      this one is really tricky to make..hats off to you to get such wonderful ones..

      Reply
    13. Pri

      October 31, 2012 at 8:46 am

      Wow lovely adhirasam given me the confidence to do well this time for Diwali thanks Raks..

      Reply
    14. RAKS KITCHEN

      October 31, 2012 at 8:59 am

      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.

      Reply
    15. Priya

      October 31, 2012 at 9:26 am

      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.

      Reply
    16. jeyashrisuresh

      October 31, 2012 at 12:24 pm

      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

      Reply
    17. divya

      October 31, 2012 at 1:11 pm

      OMG!!! Looks soooo....good!!!

      Reply
    18. Pranati Nath

      October 31, 2012 at 1:18 pm

      in Odisha we call it Arisha pitha..they r looking super delicious.....thanks for sharing it..:)

      Reply
    19. Anu

      October 31, 2012 at 1:48 pm

      Raji superb!!!! Kalkarae. Looks so tempting.

      Reply
    20. Umamaheswari

      October 31, 2012 at 6:07 pm

      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!

      Reply
    21. Chitra

      October 31, 2012 at 7:50 pm

      I love adhirasams! Your pic tempts me.

      Reply
    22. Raji Ravi

      October 31, 2012 at 8:34 pm

      yummy ......usually i dont like adirasam...but seeing yr clicks telling me to taste it

      Reply
    23. Anonymous

      October 31, 2012 at 9:17 pm

      Gorgeous!! I can smell the ghee and jaggery from here

      Reply
    24. sushmeetha

      October 31, 2012 at 11:06 pm

      looks amazing...

      Reply
    25. runnergirlinthekitchen.blogspot.com

      November 01, 2012 at 2:43 am

      Mouthwateringgggg

      Reply
    26. Shabitha Karthikeyan

      November 01, 2012 at 3:05 am

      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 !!

      Reply
    27. sowji

      November 01, 2012 at 6:14 am

      Dear Raks, your way of presentation is very nice and excellent photography. BTW Adhirasam looks yummy....:))

      Reply
    28. APARNARAJESHKUMAR

      November 01, 2012 at 6:45 am

      lovely raji 🙂 and Gr8 attempt yeah its tough to prepare 🙂

      Reply
    29. Priya

      November 01, 2012 at 6:51 am

      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

      Reply
    30. RAKS KITCHEN

      November 01, 2012 at 9:30 am

      Thank you everyone for your appreciations 🙂
      Thank you Uma for trying and the prompt feedback too! Its super quick! 🙂

      Reply
    31. ♥LOVE2COOK MALAYSIA♥

      November 01, 2012 at 1:48 pm

      My favourite adhirasam! Looks so perfect dear...

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    32. ANU

      November 01, 2012 at 4:02 pm

      wow I know it takes up lot of hard work, patience and time....you did a great job dear..and nice clicks too...
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    33. Unknown

      November 02, 2012 at 5:47 am

      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 !!

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    34. RAKS KITCHEN

      November 02, 2012 at 7:20 am

      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!

      Reply
    35. sapna

      November 04, 2012 at 10:04 am

      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.

      Reply
    36. Sowmia

      November 05, 2012 at 6:38 am

      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.

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    37. Janani

      November 05, 2012 at 2:56 pm

      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.

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    38. Sukanya

      November 06, 2012 at 1:19 am

      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. 🙂

      Reply
    39. suja m

      November 07, 2012 at 4:30 pm

      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.

      Reply
    40. sapna

      November 08, 2012 at 7:57 am

      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.

      Reply
    41. Jayashree

      November 08, 2012 at 2:41 pm

      Your adirasam looks perfect and you have explained the entire process very well.

      Reply
    42. sabina

      November 09, 2012 at 7:09 am

      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...

      Reply
    43. sabina

      November 09, 2012 at 7:10 am

      Forgot to post the link on my comment.
      http://sabcancook.blogspot.in/2012/11/adhirasam.html

      Reply
    44. revathi

      November 10, 2012 at 7:58 am

      mouth watering

      Reply
    45. mouth watering

      November 11, 2012 at 12:31 am

      very nice rak but i tried didnt turn good some where i messed up its so crunchy

      Reply
    46. RAKS KITCHEN

      November 11, 2012 at 1:19 am

      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.

      Reply
    47. RAKS KITCHEN

      November 11, 2012 at 1:23 am

      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.

      Reply
    48. Kurinji

      November 11, 2012 at 2:44 am

      very nice...

      Reply
    49. Devi

      November 13, 2012 at 1:01 am

      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.

      Reply
    50. RAKS KITCHEN

      November 13, 2012 at 2:57 pm

      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

      Reply
    51. notyet100

      November 21, 2012 at 2:45 pm

      This one looks so exotic,,,,:)

      Reply
    52. Nani Mani

      December 30, 2012 at 8:24 am

      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

      Reply
    53. sherley

      January 16, 2013 at 12:48 am

      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:-)

      Reply
    54. sherley

      January 16, 2013 at 12:49 am

      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:-)

      Reply
    55. sandhya sekar

      August 09, 2013 at 6:27 am

      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

      Reply
    56. divya

      August 20, 2013 at 1:12 am

      Can i use ready made rice flour? i'm not sure how rice will dry in my climate(london)

      Reply
    57. Raks anand

      August 20, 2013 at 1:18 am

      I have tried once, it came out very crisp.

      Reply
    58. Rama V V

      October 07, 2013 at 8:41 am

      Hi can you specify the quantity of jaggery. Also if it is ready made flour what is the quantity

      Reply
    59. Raks anand

      October 07, 2013 at 8:46 am

      Sorry, while re editing, got deleted, updated now. And I am not sure if its ready-made flour if it would turn out nice.

      Reply
    60. Lakshmi Venkatesh

      October 17, 2013 at 4:28 pm

      I tried it. Came out really well. Thanks..

      Reply
    61. Lakshmi Venkatesh

      October 17, 2013 at 4:39 pm

      I tried it . came out really well.. Thanks!!

      Reply
    62. shanmu G

      October 25, 2013 at 12:34 am

      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 !!

      Reply
    63. Raks anand

      October 25, 2013 at 12:38 am

      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.

      Reply
    64. shanmu G

      October 25, 2013 at 11:37 am

      sure thanks a lot !!!

      Reply
    65. Vidhya

      October 28, 2013 at 2:26 pm

      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.

      Reply
    66. Vidhya

      October 28, 2013 at 2:26 pm

      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

      Reply
    67. kanchana

      October 28, 2013 at 2:26 pm

      Hi Raks,

      Can i use thai white rice for make this adirasam

      Reply
    68. Dev Pratha

      October 29, 2013 at 1:07 am

      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

      Reply
    69. Rohini

      October 31, 2013 at 2:59 am

      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...

      Reply
    70. Rohini

      October 31, 2013 at 2:59 am

      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...

      Reply
    71. Raks anand

      October 31, 2013 at 3:07 am

      Oh i have given more syrup quantity, not sure why it wasnt enough. I think ther should not be problem. try and see

      Reply
    72. Sarada Subramaniam

      October 31, 2013 at 8:05 am

      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

      Reply
    73. Raks anand

      October 31, 2013 at 8:11 am

      Try kneading the dough with milk and make it it thicker. Sure will try to do a video

      Reply
    74. Sarada Subramaniam

      November 01, 2013 at 2:19 am

      Thank you

      Reply
    75. Praise

      November 03, 2013 at 2:56 am

      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.

      Reply
    76. sathya senthil

      November 05, 2013 at 10:57 pm

      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)

      Reply
    77. RAJESHTRAJAN

      November 08, 2013 at 2:49 am

      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!!!!!!

      Reply
    78. Raks anand

      November 08, 2013 at 2:53 am

      Just mix with luke warm milk, it tastes great. Or add some grated coconut and heat to get a chewy coconut candy.

      Reply
    79. Sakthivel Sellammal

      November 13, 2013 at 9:31 am

      Can palm jaggery used for adhirasam?

      Reply
    80. Akshara S

      April 15, 2014 at 12:40 am

      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?

      Reply
    81. Raks anand

      April 15, 2014 at 12:41 am

      May be the syrup consistency is not right.

      Reply
    82. Shalini Mahesh

      October 09, 2014 at 8:55 am

      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.

      Reply
    83. coolsongs

      October 10, 2014 at 7:14 am

      Can we make immediately too...
      can I use organic sonamasoori rice.. thanks

      Reply
    84. Raks anand

      October 10, 2014 at 7:15 am

      Yes sure!

      Reply
    85. coolsongs

      October 10, 2014 at 1:32 pm

      What is the difference for overnight mixture or fresh pls suggest

      Reply
    86. Mahi S

      October 20, 2014 at 9:44 am

      Athirasam mixing breaking in the heat oil ... how can solve this give me any suggestions

      Reply
    87. Raks anand

      October 20, 2014 at 9:52 am

      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.

      Reply
    88. saha

      October 21, 2014 at 12:55 am

      Can I make athirasam using sona masoori rice?Please reply. Thanks

      Reply
    89. Suganya Bala

      October 21, 2014 at 12:55 am

      The flour is smaller than rava in size. Is that fine? Else should it be like idiyappam ready made flour?

      Reply
    90. Raks anand

      October 21, 2014 at 12:59 am

      Smaller than rava can be fine. It gives different texture that's the difference. If its coarse more pola pola adhirsam.

      Reply
    91. Unknown

      October 22, 2014 at 3:58 am

      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

      Reply
    92. Arthi Kyanam

      November 02, 2014 at 11:06 am

      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?

      Reply
    93. Arthi Kyanam

      November 02, 2014 at 11:06 am

      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...

      Reply
    94. Malini Asokan

      February 07, 2015 at 8:26 am

      is there any other option to loosen the dough, other than adding milk/

      Reply
    95. Raks anand

      February 07, 2015 at 8:28 am

      Grinding coarse is fine, try to retain more moisture in the flour (keep the flour covered and let it be moist)

      Reply
    96. Raks anand

      February 07, 2015 at 8:30 am

      I dont know, sorry ....

      Reply
    97. Deepika V

      May 16, 2015 at 7:27 am

      My dough was little loose. .. pls help me. . Is there is any option to make the dough to the correct consistency

      Reply
    98. [email protected] marthi

      November 07, 2015 at 4:32 am

      I tried doing this today. But upper layet is coming out. What should I do now ?

      Reply
    99. [email protected] marthi

      November 07, 2015 at 4:33 am

      I tried doing this today. But upper layet is coming out. What should I do now ?

      Reply
    100. Raks anand

      November 07, 2015 at 5:56 am

      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.

      Reply
    101. Raks anand

      November 07, 2015 at 6:04 am

      Tried adding milk?

      Reply
    102. salmankhan

      November 09, 2015 at 2:15 pm

      Going to try....

      Reply
    103. Anu

      November 11, 2015 at 9:57 am

      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.

      Reply
    104. Sri Priya

      November 12, 2015 at 12:23 am

      Hi
      I tried adhirasam for this Diwali. Came out delicious.

      Reply
    105. Anu

      November 13, 2015 at 7:58 pm

      This comment has been removed by the author.

      Reply
    106. Raynukaa Durgam

      November 14, 2015 at 10:04 am

      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??

      Reply
    107. Anu

      November 14, 2015 at 10:04 am

      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.

      Reply
    108. Raks anand

      November 14, 2015 at 10:09 am

      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.

      Reply
    109. Raynukaa Durgam

      November 16, 2015 at 12:44 am

      Thank u for ur reply

      Reply
    110. Madhuri

      October 30, 2016 at 1:04 am

      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

      Reply
    111. Unknown

      October 30, 2016 at 1:04 am

      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

      Reply
    112. Raks anand

      October 30, 2016 at 1:07 am

      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

      Reply
    113. ganesh raja

      November 02, 2016 at 7:23 am

      Hi. I got it with crispy .not smooth....can u say why..

      Reply
    114. sindhu

      November 02, 2016 at 7:23 am

      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

      Reply
    115. Raks anand

      November 02, 2016 at 7:26 am

      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.

      Reply
    116. Khanita Bareera

      March 04, 2017 at 2:06 pm

      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..

      Reply
    117. Raks anand

      March 04, 2017 at 2:17 pm

      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.

      Reply
    118. Priya Rajesh

      October 19, 2017 at 10:17 am

      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.

      Reply
    119. Meena venkat

      December 26, 2017 at 2:58 pm

      Hi raks, I tired today adhirasam and it came out very well. Thank you very much for the step by step explanation

      Reply
    120. Unknown

      December 26, 2017 at 2:58 pm

      Hi raks, I tried today adhirasam and it came out very well, thank you very much for the step by step explanation

      Reply
    121. deepika vasanth

      April 30, 2018 at 3:05 pm

      Tried today,it's very nice,thank you

      Reply
    122. deepika vasanth

      April 30, 2018 at 3:06 pm

      Hi mam, today i made adhirasam,it just like store bought.thank you so much for sharing

      Reply
    123. Sangeetha Priya

      October 21, 2018 at 6:07 pm

      This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.

      Reply
    124. Unknown

      November 08, 2018 at 11:02 pm

      Raks, you did not mention water quantity to make syrup!!!

      Reply
    125. Minu Radhika

      October 20, 2019 at 12:00 pm

      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....!!!

      Reply
      • Raks Anand

        October 20, 2019 at 2:02 pm

        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.

        Reply
    126. Minu Radhika

      October 21, 2019 at 10:33 am

      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...!!

      Reply
      • Raks Anand

        October 22, 2019 at 11:50 am

        Oh glad to know 🙂 Happy Diwali!

        Reply
    127. Ramya Bala

      October 30, 2020 at 7:23 pm

      Mam, my adhirasam dough is hard, while pressing adhirasam breaks the edges( before putting into the oil) please give some suggestions, Thank you

      Reply
      • Raks Anand

        October 31, 2020 at 7:21 am

        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)

        Reply
    128. Nandhu

      November 12, 2020 at 2:38 am

      Hi after adding the syrup to the flour should it be kept open till it cools and then closed?

      Reply
      • Raks Anand

        November 12, 2020 at 5:17 pm

        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)

        Reply
    129. RD

      May 10, 2021 at 12:20 am

      5 stars
      The recipe is just like my mom makes..

      Reply
    130. Priya

      October 25, 2021 at 6:04 am

      Hi Raji,
      Can we use Basmathi rice?
      Pls reply

      Reply
      • Raks Anand

        October 25, 2021 at 5:42 pm

        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)

        Reply

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