Aappam

Ingredients

Raw Rice - 2 cups

Par boiled Rice - 1 full hand

Urad Dal - 1 tsp

Fenugreek Seed - 10-15 nos.

Grated Coconut - 1/2 cup

Boiled Rice - 1/2 cup

Sugar - 1/4 tsp

Yeast - 1/4 tsp

Aappa soda

Coconut oil

Yeast foam water : Take 2 spoons of luke warm water add sugar and yeast then foam will come.

Method

• Soak Raw rice, par boiled rice, urad dal and fenugreek seeds for 10 - 12 hours
• After 10 -12 hours grind the soaked items after 5 minutes add the grated coconut and boiled rice and grind it to fine paste.
• Then add salt and yeast foam water mix well and leave it for overnight to ferment.
• Now Aappam batter is ready to do.
• Before making appam add aappa soda mix well make the batter very thin consistency
• Heat the aappam pan, drop 2 drops of coconut oil and coat the pan
• Now add a ladle of batter in the center of the pan. Holding both the handles of the pan, rotate in clockwise so that batter spreads all around in a circle, the remaining batter will come to the center. After that close the pan with the lid. After 2-3 minutes appam is cooked the edges start turning brown and it will come off easily from the pan.
• That's it now hot hot aappam is ready to eat. Coconut milk is the best side dish for appam. Kuruma, Chutney, chicken curry or egg curry also go fine with appam.

Another Method

Do everything as per the above steps except the yeast foam water. Just mix with salt and leave it for fermentation. Before making aappam add baking soda and make the aappam, you will get the perfect aappam like inside soft and outside crunchy.