Banana, jaggery, and coconut milk pudding

Banana, jaggery, and coconut milk pudding

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A three-layer pradhaman dessert featuring banana, jaggery, and coconut milk, flavored with cumin and ghee. This traditional Keralan dessert is best enjoye…

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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

10 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

  1. Peel the bananas, remove the strings, and then cook them in boiling water in a pressure cooker until three whistles have sounded.
  2. 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.
  3. Add the melted and filtered jaggery, then stir until the mixture thickens well.
  4. Once the mixture has thickened, add the third can of coconut milk and bring to a boil.
  5. In the second coconut milk, add the ground cumin, pour it into the saucepan, stir, and bring to a boil until the mixture thickens.
  6. Turn off the heat, then add the first coconut milk. ≈ 3 min
  7. Toast the cashew nuts and shredded coconut in the remaining 50 ml of ghee, then add them to the pradhaman.
  8. 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.

Before you start

Ingredients

  • 5 large plantains
  • 100 ml of ghee, divided into two portions of 50 ml
  • 500 g of jaggery, melted and filtered
  • 60 g of cashew nuts (½ cup)
  • ½ cup of shredded dry coconut
  • 1 teaspoon of ground cumin
  • 250 ml of coconut milk, first press (1 cup)
  • 1 liter of coconut milk, second press
  • 1.5 liters of coconut milk, third press

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