After 15 mins of talking (of which 3 mins was dedicated to the recipe!), I started off. This is an easy snack for kids for their after-school hungry times. Its quite healthy too and can be easily made with the ingredients available in your pantry.
Looking for more easy evening snacks? Check out: Bread Paneer Rolls, Ethakka Appam, and Ghee Fried Bananas
Godumai Adai / Godambu Ada
Makes – 6
Ingredients:
Wheat flour / atta – 2 cups
Jaggery / sharkkara / vellam – 2/3 cup, grated (Adjust if you like it not too sweet)
Grated coconut – 1/2 cup
Powdered cardamom – 1/3 tsp (2-3 pods)
Salt – one pinch
Ghee – to cook
Instructions:
1. Transfer the jaggery to a bowl and add about 2 tbsp water. Keep on low fire until it starts melting. Let it boil for about 5 mins. Strain to remove impurities and set aside to cool.
*Note that this step is necessary if you are using Kerala sharkkara. If using the lighter coloured Tamil Nadu version, sis says there are no impurities so you can just use the grated jaggery and mix in with the atta. The TN version is salted so make sure you adjust the addition of salt to the dough.
2. Mix the atta, salt and cardamom until well combined. Add the coconut to this and mix well.
3. Add the cooled jaggery mixture to the atta and combine with finger tips. Add enough water and keep combining until you get a sticky, slightly elastic, loose dough. It should neither be watery nor hard like for chapatis. The consistency is not super important but make sure you don’t go to either extreme. Also make sure not to knead too much.
4. Heat a griddle and add some ghee. Scoop out some dough with your fingers, place on the pan and smooth out into a circle using your fingertips. Let it brown (1 min).
5. Turn and cook the other side until nicely browned. Tastes good both hot and at room temp.
Note
If you want some melted jaggery in the ada (which I LOVE), reserve some grated jaggery before melting and add this to the dough while mixing. The jaggery pieces will melt and form nice patterns on the ada. Hmmm.. heaven!
Have had this much filling snack when we’re kids. Ammachi used to make them often. Long time I haven’t had them and kept telling my wife to prepare. Today when wife is away, this is the best item to try! Was wondering how to make it and here’s the instruction. Thank you Nags
hope it turns out well!
Wow this looks absolutely interesting and yummyyyyyyyyyy… 🙂 Will try it out soon. Brilliant photography. keep it up.
I make vella dosa.. But this ada is knew. Liked this healthy version.
nice ada…looks perfect and tempting
Such a healthy and nutritous adai Nags!
dis looks amazing…i never had it…bt surely i will try this…last snap is amazing….der wr u in kerala??? i was off frm blogging for long time…."oru visesham and bed rest" :)..so dnt feel bad that im nt looking to ur blog…feels some difficulty to sit contineously.. :)den bharathy is ur sis??? Thats amazing ..two talents.. 🙂
the last pic is really good!
I'm so going to make this soon! Promise! Lovely pics 🙂
Wow Sharmilee, that was quick! it actually tastes good slightly burnt, do u agree? 😀
These look absolutely delicious! I would love to try them!
Ah, the call of childhood.
Love this dish. Amma used to make it so often when we were kids! I also like the steamed version with the jaggery and coconut cardamom mixture as the filling inside the godambu dough.what is that called(?), something different i think…this of course is easier:D
Lena, that's so sweet! 🙂 Thank you so much for dropping in a note after trying!
hai Nags..i tried this recipe 2day..but before taking pic me n my hus finished it..he told v wl take snap next time..so u can understand, hw much v loved it…superb recipe.. 🙂
Lena, that's so sweet! 🙂 Thank you so much for dropping in a note after trying!
hai Nags..i tried this recipe 2day..but before taking pic me n my hus finished it..he told v wl take snap next time..so u can understand, hw much v loved it…superb recipe.. 🙂
BOOKMARKED!!! 😉 😉 (i mean it)..:D!!…I am drooling and drooling over the pics..esp the last one…I love just that way..the melted jaggarry lumps in/on the ada…;)…
Sharmilee – I thought yours came out really well too, the shape was more uniform than mine. Since we pat these with hands, the first side will be better-looking and browned more evenly than the second. I used only those sides for the pics, so maybe that's why 🙂
I just drizzled the ghee around the adai while cooking.
The taste was as gud as ur pic…but I felt ur pic shows they are evenly cooked as its brown all over…what did u do, pour ghee or only drizzle or wats the trick? 🙂
This is so delicious…it's really nice to discover your blog.
Winnie – brown sugar should work perfect. You don't even need to use molasses 🙂
This looks delicious. I have never used jaggery before, so I will have to find some to make this!
Any idea if organic brown sugar plus a little molasses would be a decent substitute?
A fan of this is present! 🙂
Good recipe.
Never heard of this but sure sounds tasty:)Infact, this looks like what we call Arisa.
I like this a lot and make it every now and then- I call it vella dosa though.:D
Nice pics, Nags.
WOWWW!!… looks sooo tempting and delicious… lovely clicks!!
Hey this issimilar to 'Kelya maskat' aka Banana pancake that my mom made. You mix whole wheat atta, jaggery, ripe bananas and coconut and pat it on to a pan..like the way you have made the dosas.. it is delicious!
Neena
that previous one was me..
Love this dish. Amma used to make it so often when we were kids! I also like the steamed version with the jaggery and coconut cardamom mixture as the filling inside the godambu dough.what is that called(?), something different i think…this of course is easier:D
This is the first time to hear about it, but it looks delicious! Thanks for sharing!
Shreya, think you are talking about modhakam / sweet kozhukkatta / maudhak 🙂 i love that too but u are right, its more time consuming!
Perfect and healthy adai. Nice pics!
Ah, the call of childhood.
Nags this seems to a vegetarian version of the American pan cakes with a little Indian touch. We too make a similar one like this but that has a coconut filling inside, you can have a look at it here – http://bengalicuisine.net/2009/08/03/patishapta/
Aah, so it is sweet! I love it!
I came here thinking it was a savory dosai kind of thingy, but what a pleasant surprise!
These look absolutely delicious! I would love to try them!
the last pics tells me go make it now…….i love it with jaggery n never knew there are so many versions of jaggery….though i know the palm jaggery , date jaggery and cane jaggery but the ones you mentioned are unknown to me…
i make these a bit thinner…will try this way next time…n we add fennel seeds too…yes it's awesome slightly burnt….we call it gur ka chilla.
very very interesting, definitely 2 sweet tooths at home will love this,
I'm so going to make this soon! Promise! Lovely pics 🙂
Nice pictures, even my granda used to make this as an evening snack…these taste so good 🙂
the last pic is really good!
dis looks amazing…i never had it…bt surely i will try this…last snap is amazing….der wr u in kerala??? i was off frm blogging for long time…."oru visesham and bed rest" :)..so dnt feel bad that im nt looking to ur blog…feels some difficulty to sit contineously.. :)den bharathy is ur sis??? Thats amazing ..two talents.. 🙂
We also share similar recipe calls it 'Pulla/Pudla' in Gujarati, make it with just two ingredients wheat flour + jaggery and usually very thin like crepes. Thanks for reminder. Now, I am craving for it. 🙂
Yes true Nags….Amma liked it very much!
Such a healthy and nutritous adai Nags!
nice ada…looks perfect and tempting
This is something new to me, sounds very healthy and flavorful snack, would love to try out someday 🙂
my mom makes this along with savory version,only she adds coconut bits..I layer both savory and sweet and enjoy;D
Wow Sharmilee, that was quick! it actually tastes good slightly burnt, do u agree? 😀
Hey Nags, cudnt wait to try this….I've already tried it today 🙂 Came out very well, tasted divine….only thing is I burnt it so pics didnt come out well!
Thanks for this recipe..I recollect some memories connected with this..vague but somewhere around lost..thanks for bringing back the eversweet memories alon with a yummy recipe..
Hmm..looks nice.we too make this..:)
I make vella dosa.. But this ada is knew. Liked this healthy version.
Wow this looks absolutely interesting and yummyyyyyyyyyy… 🙂 Will try it out soon. Brilliant photography. keep it up.
I like this spreading on tawa kind of things rather than pouring batter ones.(You know my dosa making skills,sob!)
I like the adding grated jaggery part. I heard people put sugar in chapati dough for the same effect.
Looks super yum…..bookmarked!
Looks healthy and yumm!