Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Appam/ Rice pancake


You will need:

  • 2 cup sona masoori rice/ Basmathi rice
  • 2 tbsp urad dal
  • 1 cup cooked rice(can substitute with aval/poha also)
  • 1 cup coconut milk
  • 1 tbsp sugar(can increase or decrease according to your taste)
  • 1 tsp salt

Step 1:

Soak the rice and urad dal together for 6 to 8 hours or even overnight.

Step 2:

Grind to a fine paste using water/ milk/ coconut milk. When grinding add aval/poha also. Grind it to a fine paste.

Step 3:

Allow it to ferment overnight inside oven or in a warm place.

Step 4:

Add coconut milk to the fermented mixture and mix it well. Add salt and sugar. If it it too think just grind it once again in the mixie/blender.

Mix it well and make aapam using appam thawa. You can make appam using dosa thawa also. But obviously the shape differs .


Secret of making appam perfetly is making appam in a low heat. When you are pouring appam into the appam thawa it should be very less heat. After pouring the appam rise the heat to medium high. It will get ready within a min.

18 comments:

R said...

appam thenga pal combo super-o-super.... thanks for the recipe

Anonymous said...

HI viji,this is kaviarun...ur appam is very nice..i'll try ur method...unga pictur-la wt is that side dish...

Unknown said...

Hi Ramya.. My mom used to make like this and i'm following her footsteps.. Very crispy in the side and soft in the middle. You are welcome Ramya..

Unknown said...

Kavika.. Will be glad to hear how it turned out for you. In the picture appam with chicken curry!!!!

Anonymous said...

Hi viji, tried ur method....really i got nice aapams...thanks a lot...

Unknown said...

Hi Kavi akka..Glad to hear that it turned out great for you akka. For more softness you can add a pinch of aapa soda also

Anonymous said...

Hi Viji this is ShanthiHerbert

Naanga ungaloda appam try panninom athu Super-o-supera vathathu. nalla saapitom... ennum etahpol niraya post pannunga... this is helpful to everyone.

Unknown said...

Hi Shanthi,

Thank you very much for taking time to leave a comment after trying the recipe. It means a lot to me. Kandipa itha pol post panna try pannuraen.

Anonymous said...

hi viji..

Praise the Lord..This is Nancy..
I searched for how to make Ragi Appam and finally i saw your web site.Nice to see all those recipes..sure i will try this.. God bless you all.

Anonymous said...

Hi,

I was google searching to see if appam can be made with sona masoori rice and came across your blog. First time hearing about adding urad dal for appam! Also no need for yeast to help in fermentation? Yeast ellathe mavu pulikkumo? Will try this anyways.... Thanks for the recipe.

Anonymous said...

HI NICE RECEIPE ..CAN WE DO APPAM W/O COCUNUT MILK.WILL IT CME OUT WELL? THANX FOR UR RECEIPE

Unknown said...

Hi Chandu.. Yeast illama maavu pulikum.. Try and let me know.. You will get soft aapam too..

Unknown said...

Monu.. You can substitute coconut milk with cow's milk..

Anonymous said...

Hi Viji...

Tried your Appam recipe as it is and it came out REALLY good!! So good that my little one,who is such a picky eater, had two Appams for dinner tonite.... It tastes so good wzout the "yeast taste". Really nice recipe.....

Unknown said...

Chandu.. so happy for ur little one.. Happy to hear that this recipe turned out good for you..

PS said...

Thanks for this recipe.I love aapams when i was in india.I'll try this very soon and let you know.

Rohini said...

Hi Viji,

Thank you so much for this receipe.it came out well.Please post more receipe

Tamizhmuhil Prakasam said...

Tried this recipe for appam. The appam came out so soft. Thank you so much.