Appam reicpe | Kerala style Appam with coconut | Preeja's cookbook

Kerala style Appam Recipe

Ingredients:

Rice (Idli rice / white rice) - 2 Cup

Sugar - 3 Tbsp

Salt - 1/2 tsp

Instant yeast - 1 tsp

Grated coconut - 1 cup

Coconut milk / Water - 1& 1/4 cup

Oil / ghee , for roasting

Water as required ( Soaking & grinding )

Method:

1. Add rice into a bowl , wash it with water few times and soak in water for 4 hours

2. After 4 hours, drain water and keep it aside.

3. Add half of rice and 1/2 cup of water into a mixie and grind into a smooth paste. transfer the batter into a large bowl.

4. Keep one ladle full of batter aside in a small bowl . Keep a pan on low heat . add one ladle full of batter that keep in a small bowl and one cup of water. Stir continuously until the mixture thickens. Let the mixture cool down completely.

5. After cooling down, add the mixture into a into a mixi / Blender and blend to a smooth paste by adding water if required. Add this mixture with ground batter.

6. Add remaining rice, grated coconut,salt , sugar instant yeast and 3/4 cup of water in to mixie and grind well .

7. Transfer the ground batter into the large bowl and mix well.

8. Cover and allow it to ferment in warm place for 8 to 12 hours.

9. After 8 hours, the batter has doubled in size. Mix gently .

10. To make appam, heat a appam pan on low heat. Add ghee /oil into it and spread evenly.

11. Pour two ladle full of batter .Turn and tilt the pan in circles so as to spread the batter.

12. Cover and cook for 2 to 3 minutes. You will get soft and fluffy texture in center and crisp texture towards the circumference.

13.Cook till the base get light golden color.

14. Serve appam with any curry that you like.

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