Muda Kadambu

Name: Muda Kadambu
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 70 min
Yield: 5 servings
Ingredients: 3 cups Rice flour; 2 cups Jaggery; 2 cups Jackfruit, ripe (Cut into small pieces); 1 cup Coconut pieces; 2 bunches Banana leaves (For wrapping); 4 tablespoons Ghee; 0.5 cup Water (For cooking jackfruit); 0.5 teaspoon Salt (To taste)

This is a delicious snack recipe from the Malabar area of Kerala, mainly prepared with ripe jackfruit.

⏱ Prep: 20m

🍳 Cook: 50m

⏰ Total: 70m

🍽 Servings: 5 servings

Ingredients

3 cups Rice flour
2 cups Jaggery
2 cups Jackfruit, ripe (Cut into small pieces)
1 cup Coconut pieces
2 bunches Banana leaves (For wrapping)
4 tablespoons Ghee
0.5 cup Water (For cooking jackfruit)
0.5 teaspoon Salt (To taste)

Instructions

1Cut the ripe jackfruit into small pieces. Add half a cup of water and salt, then cook in a pressure cooker for 2 whistles.
2Once cooled, transfer the cooked jackfruit to another vessel and grind it into a smooth paste using a mixer.
3Place the ground jackfruit in a vessel, add coconut pieces and jaggery syrup. Heat on a stove over low flame, stirring continuously until it thickens into a syrup.
4Add rice flour to the thick syrup and mix well to form a dough. Shape the dough into oval forms.
5Wrap each dough piece in a banana leaf. Steam in an idli cooker for 20 minutes.