Aappam
Aappam (Malayalam: അപ്പം, Tamil: ஆப்பம்) is a type of South Indian pancake made with fermented rice batter and coconut milk. It is a popular food in South Indian states of Kerala and Tamil Nadu. It is also very popular in Sri Lanka where it is commonly referred to by its anglicized name as Hoppers. It is eaten most frequently for breakfast or dinner. It is called Chitau (ଚିତାଉ) Pitha in Oriya, Paddu or Gulle Eriyappa in Kodava. It is known as ආප්ප (Appa) in Sinhala and Arpone (အာပုံမုန့်) in Burmese. -Source: wikipedia
Ingredients
- 2 cup Rice, raw / பச்சரிசி - washed and soaked for 5hrs
- 1 cup Rice / அரிசி - cooked
- 1 cup Coconut / தேங்காய் - freshly grated
- 1 tsp Salt / உப்பு - adjust to YOUR taste
- ½ cup Water / தண்ணீர் - warm
- ¼ tsp Yeast
- 5 tbsp Sugar, White / சர்க்கரை, வெள்ளை
- 1½ cup Water / தண்ணீர்
Instructions
- Mix yeast and 1tbsp sugar into warm water
- Close with a lid and set aside until foamy
- In a mixer, grind cooked rice and coconut using the yeast water
- Add raw soaked rice and salt to the blender and continue to grind using additional 1cup of water little by little
- Batter should be ground absolutely smooth
- Transfer the batter into a large container with a lid and keep it in a warm place and allow to ferment for about 8 hours
- Add additional 4tbsp sugar and ½cup water and mix well
- Heat appam chatty well in high flame
- Pour a ladle full of batter into the center of the chatty
- Hold the chatty and swirl it around so that the batter swirls all the way to the edges of the chatty
- Cover the chatty and allow the aappam to cook for approx 2~2½min
- The edges turns brown
- Gently lift the aappam from one side and move the skillet so that the appam moves freely
- Remove the aappam from the pan
- Serve hot with vegetable stew
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