Kallappam
A favorite in God's Own Country. It is a tasty rice pancake that goes well with any curry side dish of your choice. Traditionally, Kallappam was prepared by fermenting the batter using toddy or 'kallu'.
Ingredientsfor 4 servings
- 1 kg Raw Rice
- 3 nos Coconuts
- 1 tsp Cumin seeds (Jeerakam)
- 1 glass Toddy
- ¼ cup Sugar
- Salt, to taste
Preparation
Step 1
For preparing the traditional styled and delicious dish, first grind the grated coconuts and cumin seeds together to a coarse paste and mix with rice powder and sugar. Unroasted rice powder is preferred for preparing appam. If unroasted rice powder not available, you can go for roasted rice powder. Grated coconuts should not be ground to a fine paste. Otherwise the quality of appam should be at risk.
Step 2
Add toddy. Buy toddy from good dealers. Even yeast can be substituted for fermentation needs. Use only quality yeast for fermentation.
Step 3
Leave it to ferment for 4 hours. This is the minimum of hours required for fermentation.
Step 4
Add the required salt and Stir everything together thoroughly.
Step 5
Pour ladles of batter on a hot oiled griddle to make kallappams. This is an easy dish. Even newcomers and bachelors can give a bold try.the appam dish with any curry dish of your choice.
Tip
A well-seasoned appachatti is worth the investment. The appam should release from the pan without any resistance.
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