Sweets & snacks
Elayada
Rice parcels steamed in banana leaf, filled with coconut and jaggery.
About
Elayada (ela ada) wraps a rice-flour dough around a filling of grated coconut and jaggery, then steams it in banana leaf. It is a tea-time snack, a sadya sweet in some homes, and a festival offering with the scent of the leaf still on the dumpling.
Course
Snack / sweet
Region
Statewide
Typically with
Tea, festivals
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