Recipe – I
Appam – From the kitchen of Prema Badiga
Serves 6 people
Method
1 cup good quality idli rice.
Add the grated coconut to it and then grind it, till it becomes a paste.
Add Eno, salt and sugar to this batter.
Wash properly 3-4 times.
Soak in 1½ cup of water 2-3 hrs.
Drain the water.
Blend in mixi with little water.
½ cup grated coconut,1 tsp cooked rice.
Blend separately in mixi with little water.
Mix both the rice,coconut & cooked rice mixture well and again blend in mixi for 2 minutes and add ½ tsp salt.
Keep for 6-8 hrs to ferment.
Keep in fridge till you use -it should not ferment more.
add ½ tsp sugar, ½ tsp eno to the batter.
Make the batter a little thick(much thickker than idli batter) by adding packed milk about ½ cup.
Mix well.
Heat a Pan/Kadai.
Put oil and wipe it 1 ladel full.
Put batter in kadai and swril,cover the lid,cook in slow flame for 4 to 5 minutes.
Note: You can add very usually cut onions corriander,beetroot & carrots to the batter.When you pour the batter.
Recipe – II
Appam – From the kitchen of Manju Saraf
Serves 4 people
Ingredients
Method
Wash the rice well 3 to 4 times and soak it for 3 hrs.
Add a pinch of salt and grind it to thin consistency in a dosa wet grinder.
Cover the mix and keep it overnight.
Next morning in a mixi blend grated coconut ,sugar and milk.
Add this to the aapam mix again put in dosa grinder and give a churn.
When you are ready to make your aapam add Eno salt and set aside.
Your aapam mix is ready.
Head the aapam kadai and pour a ladle full of mix.
Note: Appam tastes good with vegetable stew.