APPAM WITHOUT YEAST

Appam is a south Indian pancake made with fermented rice batter and coconut. It is a popular food in Kerala, Tamil nadu and Srilanka. It is eaten as breakfast or dinner.

INGREDIENTS

Raw rice                  1 tea cup
Coconut water       1 tea cup
Water                       1  1/2 tea cup
Sugar                        2  tsp
Fenugreek               1/2 tsp
Urad dal                   1 tsp
Coconut grated        1 tbsp
Cooked rice              1 tbsp
Salt to taste

METHOD  

Wash the raw rice, fenugreek and urad dal three times. Soak everything together in 1 teacup coconut water and 1 1/2 teacup water for 4-5 hours.

Add sugar, grated coconut, salt and cooked rice to the above ingredients and blend it in a blender to a smooth paste. The consistency of the batter will be thinner than dosa batter.

Ferment it for 4-5 hours.

Appam kadai. This type of nonstick pan is used to make appam. Both sides it has got handles which helps to swirl the appam batter.

Heat a non stick frying pan/kadhai and on medium to low heat  add a ladle of batter in the centre and swirl the pan around. Cover with a lid ,when the edges turn golden brown take it out into a serving plate. Do not flip and cook.

Serve hot with kurma /chutney /coconut milk/  chicken curry.