Appam

Ingredients list for Appam

• 4 cups Rice soaked
• 1 cup Fresh coconut
• 2 cups Scraped coconut
• 3-4 White bread slices, soaked
• to taste Salt
• 1 teaspoon Sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon Soda bicarbonate
• as required Red chilli flakes

Method

1. Drain and grind rice with a little water to a smooth paste.Transfer into a deep bowl.
2. Grind cooked rice, coconut and bread with a little water till smooth and add to the rice batter in the bowl and mix well.
3. Cover and keep in a warm place to ferment overnight.Heat a non stickappamchetty.Add salt, sugar and soda to the batter and mix well.
4. Pour a ladle full of batter in the chetty and rotate it so that the batter spreads all around.
5. The sides should be thin and the centre should be a little thick and spongy.
6. Cover and cook till the edges turn crisp. Serve hot with kadla curry.
7. You can also make it with eggs. To do that make the appam like above.
8. Break an egg and put into a bowl. Slowly slide it onto the centre of the appam.
9. Cover and cook till done. Sprinkle salt and red chilli flakes and serve hot.