Directions

1. 1. Wash and soak the rice for two hours. Drain through a wire mesh and spread out on paper towels; let it dry.
2. 2. Use a processor, blender or coffee grinder to chop the rice into powder then sift it. This rice flour is then referred to as ada.
3. 3. Mix together the ada, ghee, jaggery, raisins, cashews and just enough coconut milk to make a thick but spreadable dough.
4. 4. Transfer spoonfuls of the dough on to banana leaf pieces and sprinkle lightly with cardamom powder. Roll and tie up the leaves; steam until cooked, five to ten minutes.
5. 5. Let them cool until they can be handled, remove the leaves. Cut the ada pradhaman into small individual cakes.