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{{Infobox prepared food
| name             = Ada
| image            = Ada (food).jpg
| caption          = Ada in [[Banana leaf]]
| alternate_name   = Ela Ada
| country          = India
| region           = Kerala
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| type             = 
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| main_ingredient  = [[Rice flour]], [[sugar]] or [[jaggery]], grated [[coconut]]
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'''Ada''' ({{lang-ml|അട}}) or '''Ela Ada''',<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.hindu.com/mp/2008/05/03/stories/2008050351980400.htm | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080506094602/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2008/05/03/stories/2008050351980400.htm | url-status = dead | archive-date = 2008-05-06 | work = [[The Hindu]] | title =   ‘Nadan’ food fiesta  | date = 2008-05-03 }}</ref> is an [[Indian sweet]] and traditional [[Kerala]] [[delicacy]], consisting of [[rice]] parcels encased in a dough made of [[rice flour]], with sweet fillings, steamed in [[banana leaf]] and served as an evening snack or as part of [[breakfast]]. It can be seen even in parts of [[Tamil Nadu]] as well.
Grated [[coconut]] and [[rice flour]] are the two main ingredients. It is a snack made out of raw [[rice flour]], [[sugar]] or [[jaggery]] and grated [[coconut]]. It is usually prepared on [[Onam]].<ref>{{cite news | url = http://education.mathrubhumi.com/php/news_events_details.php?nid=5588&slinkid= | title =  Jet celebrates Onam on flight | publisher = Mathrubhumi Newspaper }}</ref> ''Poovada'' is prepared in the tip end of the [[plantain (cooking)|plantain leaf]] as the ''[[Naivedhya|Nivedyam]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.india9.com/i9show/Naivedyam-58157.htm |title=Naivedyam in India |publisher=India9.com |date=2005-06-07 |access-date=2012-07-24}}</ref> for [[Onam]], into this ada goes, with the [[coconut]] filling, a sprinkling of the ''Thumbapoo'' (a white flower [[Leucas aspera]]),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.keralaayurvedics.com/herbs-plants/flowers/thumba-leuca-indica-flowers-of-kerala.html |title=Thumba (Leuca Indica) -Flowers of Kerala &#124; All about ayurveda |publisher=Keralaayurvedics.com |date=2007-03-23 |access-date=2012-07-24}}</ref>{{Unreliable source?|date=April 2019}} making it more auspicious.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://healthynspicy.blogspot.com/2006/07/ada-traditional-breakfast-of-kerala.html |title=Healthy N Spicy...: Ada - Traditional Breakfast of kerala |publisher=Healthynspicy.blogspot.com |date=2006-07-26 |access-date=2012-07-24}}</ref>{{Unreliable source?|date=April 2019}} Sometimes [[banana]] is also added in the filing which is coconut-jaggery-banana filling. Spicy ''Ottada'' is a unique breakfast with [[Maida flour|maida]] and [[rice flour]] as the main ingredients. It can be also made without [[Maida flour|maida]], but using the [[rice flour]] alone and it is not steamed instead cooked on [[Tava]] or flame.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pachakam.com/recipe.asp?id=1833 |title=Ottada Recipe : A tasty snack with rice flour and coconut |publisher=Pachakam.com |access-date=2012-07-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120220020651/http://www.pachakam.com/recipe.asp?id=1833 |archive-date=2012-02-20}}</ref> Sometimes the fillings inside ada would be ''[[Chakkavaratti]]'' (Jackfruit Jam).<ref>{{cite web|author=sh |url=http://thithippu.blogspot.com/2007/05/chakkavarattijackfruit-jam.html |title=Dessert: Chakkavaratti(Jackfruit Jam) and Elai Adai |publisher=Thithippu.blogspot.com |date=2007-05-25 |access-date=2012-07-24}}</ref>{{Unreliable source?|date=April 2019}} Ada is also given as ''[[Prasad]]am'' (Sacred Food) to [[Worship|devotees]] at [[temple]]s in [[Kerala]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chrmglobal.com/Replies/30/1/Guruvayoor-Sri-Krishna-Temple.html |title=Guruvayoor ‘Sri Krishna’ Temple |publisher=Chrmglobal.com |access-date=2012-07-24}}</ref>

== See also ==

*[[Tamale]]

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