Appam recipe

INGREDIENTS:

1. Rice - 200 gram
2. Parboiled rice - 200 grams
3. Black gram - 100 grams
4. Cooked rice - 1/2 cup
5. Salt - as needed

PREPARATION:

1. Soak rice, parboiled rice, black gram in water for 3 hours.
2. Drain the water from soaking ingredients and grind  in a mixer grinder. Add water little by little while grinding. The ground batter need not be too smooth. When you run the batter between your fingers, it can feel a little coarse but not too coarse. Even if the batter is super smooth, its fine 
3. Add salt to the batter beat well and keep it to ferment for 6 hour or overnight.
4. - Making the appam --
   1. Heat oil in appam pan (refer the image below) on medium flame.
   2. Pour a ladle of batter into the center.
   3. Quickly swirl the appam pan to spread the batter thinly on the walls.
   4. Cover the appam pan and cook for 3-4 minutes. (i.e.) thin edges are golden brown, the bottom is fluffy and cooked.
   5. Gently run a spatula under the appam to release it from the appam pan and serve hot with coconut milk.
5. Make more appam with the rest of the batter and serve

NOTES:

1. APPAM PAN:
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