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Palappam Recipe

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Ingredients

  • 1 cup idli rice or sona masuri rice
  • ¼ cup coconut (grated)
  • ½ tsp sugar
  • ½ tsp salt
  • pinch of baking soda

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Instructions

  1. firstly, grind soaked 1 cup idli rice along with ¼ cup coconut.
  2. take 2 tbsp of prepared batter and pour over pan along with ½ cup water. make sure the flame is off.
  3. mix well making sure the batter combines well with water.
  4. now turn on the stove on medium flame and keep stirring.
  5. transfer the prepared cooked batter into appam batter.
  6. mix well making sure there are no lumps.
  7. cover and ferment in warm place for 8 hours.
  8. add in ½ tsp sugar, ½ tsp salt and pinch of baking soda.
  9. heat appam pan or appachatti over medium flame and pour a ladlefull of batter into the pan.
  10. immediately twirl the pan to spread the batter in a circle motion.
  11. further cover and simmer for about 2 minutes or until the edges turn golden brown and gets cooked completely.
  12. finally, carefully remove the palappam / appam from the pan and serve with vegetable curry.

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Step-by-step

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firstly, in a large mixing bowl soak 1 cup idli rice for 5 hours. if you do not have idli rice, then can use sona masuri rice.palappam recipe
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drain off the water and transfer to a mixi jar along with ¼ cup coconut.palappam recipe
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add water as required and blend to slightly smooth paste. make sure the batter is not too smooth. the batter must be little coarse but not too coarse too.palappam recipe
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take 2 tbsp of prepared batter and pour over pan along with ½ cup water. make sure the flame is off.palappam recipe
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mix well making sure the batter combines well with water.palappam recipe
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now turn on the stove on medium flame and keep stirring.appam recipe without yeast
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the mixture will thicken and turns transparent thick mixture.appam recipe without yeast
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further turn off the flame and bring to room temperature.appam recipe without yeast
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transfer the prepared cooked batter into appam batter.appam recipe without yeast
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mix well making sure there are no lumps.appam recipe without yeast
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cover and ferment in warm place for 8 hours or till batter gets fermented well.appam recipe without yeast
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mix the batter gently and check for consistency.kerala appam recipe
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add in ½ tsp sugar, ½ tsp salt and pinch of baking soda.kerala appam recipe
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also add water as required and mix gently to get smooth flowing consistency batter.kerala appam recipe
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heat appam pan or appachatti over medium flame and pour a ladlefull of batter into the pan. if using iron appam pan then rub with some oil, skip oil if using non stick.kerala appam recipe
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immediately twirl the pan to spread the batter in a circle motion.palappam recipe
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further cover and simmer for about 2 minutes or until the edges turn golden brown and gets cooked completely.palappam recipe
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finally, carefully remove the palappam / appam from the pan and serve with vegetable curry / sweetened coconut milk / egg curry / chicken curry.appam recipe without yeast

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Notes

  • firstly, ferment the batter well else the appam will not be soft and flaky.
  • also, cook the appam on medium flame, else the batter will not get cooked from center.
  • additionally, add soda just before preparing kerala appam to get perfect texture.
  • finally, palappam / appam taste great when prepared with cast iron appachatti.
Original recipe by Hebbar’s Kitchen: https://hebbarskitchen.com/palappam-recipe-kerala-appam-recipe/