Banana, jaggery, and coconut milk pudding
A three-layer pradhaman dessert featuring banana, jaggery, and coconut milk, flavored with cumin and ghee. This traditional Keralan dessert is best enjoye…
Pazham pradhaman is a festive dessert, where cooked bananas are mixed with melted jaggery and three measures of coconut milk.
Ingredients and directions
- Prep time30 min
- Cook time1 hr
- Resting30 min
- Total2 hr
- DifficultyMedium
- CostBudget
- Cooking methodSlow cooking
- Estimated cost$22.93 $2.29 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 14, 2026.
- Vegetarian
- Gluten-free
Ingredients
people
- $3.52
- $0.81
- $2.33
- $0.48
- $1.44
- $5.74
- $8.61
Prices from US supermarkets for 6 of 7 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.
Directions
- Peel the bananas, remove the strings, and then cook them in boiling water in a pressure cooker until three whistles have sounded.
- Mash the cooked bananas. In a saucepan with a thick bottom, cook them in 50 ml of ghee until the water evaporates and the mixture thickens.
- Add the melted and filtered jaggery, then stir until the mixture thickens well.
- Once the mixture has thickened, add the third can of coconut milk and bring to a boil.
- In the second coconut milk, add the ground cumin, pour it into the saucepan, stir, and bring to a boil until the mixture thickens.
- Turn off the heat, then add the first coconut milk. ≈ 3 min
- Toast the cashew nuts and shredded coconut in the remaining 50 ml of ghee, then add them to the pradhaman.
- Allow to cool before serving.
The bill
Banana, jaggery, and coconut milk pudding
- 100 ml of ghee, divided into two portions of 50 ml$3.52
- 60 g of cashew nuts (½ cup)$0.81
- ½ cup of shredded dry coconut$2.33
- 1 teaspoon of ground cumin$0.48
- 250 ml of coconut milk, first press (1 cup)$1.44
- 1 liter of coconut milk, second press$5.74
- 1.5 liters of coconut milk, third press$8.61
Total$22.93
that's $2.29 per person
Estimated price; varies by store.
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