My Grandma's and amma's recipe with a fragrance of banana leaf is here for you all
She used to prepare ottada in the lazy evenings and will serve it with hot black tea.
It is still fresh in my memory.
INGREDIENTS :
Rice flour -1 cup
Grated coconut -1 cup
Cumin/ jeera
salt
Fresh Plantain Leaves
Make a smooth dough of rice flour pouring boiled water into it. Add in salt and jeera too
Using the fingers, Spread small rounds of batter on the leaf which is washed and wiped,
Dipping the finger once in a while in water, at the time of flattening the dough, will prevent sticking the dough in hand. I used to observe this tip whenever my amma used to make ada. Then using your fingertips, spread the dough onto the leaf, flatten it as a thin layer.
Sprinkle grated coconut on this. (you can add jaggery or sugar purely optional though )
Fold the leaf from one side and put the same on a hot clay tava and roast on both sides till small golden spots appear on both the surfaces.
