Sweet Appam (Unniappam / Nei appam) Recipes

Sweet Appam  (Unniappam / Nei appam) Recipes

Sweet Appam  (Unniappam / Nei appam) Recipes

Ingredients needed :

Rice flour - 1 cup

Jaggery -1 cup

Banana - 5 (medium size)

Coconut bits -3 tbsp

Grated coconut - 6 tbsp

Cardamom powder - a pinch

Oil or ghee for cooking appams

Preparation:

• Heat 1/4 cup of water and dissolve jaggery in it. Filter it to remove impurities.Keep this ready.

• Fry coconut bits in a little ghee and keep it aside.

• Fry grated coconut in a little ghee ..

• In a bowl, mix rice flour .. Add warm jaggery ,Fried coconut bits ,Fried grated coconut,cardamom powder,to the above mixture and mix it well....

• Add chopped banana to it and mash it well.

• This is the unniyappam batter.

• The consistency of the batter should not be too thin nor too thick ..

• Mix it in the morning and prepare unniappams in the evening..

• Heat a paniyaram pan, add a tsp of 1/2 tsp of ghee in each hole of the paniyaram pan...

• When the ghee becomes hot, reduce the flame to low and fill the holes with the batter. Now cook covered in medium flame.

• When the bottom starts browning, flip it over to the other side with a spoon ..

• Let the other side get cooked uncovered until golden brown ...

• soft unniyappams rdy ...!!!