Appam recipe (1)

INGREDIENTS:

1. Raw rice - 2 cup
2. Par boiled rice - 2 cup
3. Black gram - a handful
4. Cooked rice - a handful
5. Shredded coconut - a handful
6. Cooking soda - a pinch
7. Salt - as needed

PREPARATION:

1. Soak raw rice, par boiled rice, black gram in water for minimum 3 hours. Drain liquid and keep it aside.
2. In a wet grinder add cooked rice and grind well.
3. Now add soaked rice and black gram, water as needed. Once the batter is coarsely grounded add coconut and grind. NOTE: add water as needed to get a batter to make appam.
4. Now add salt to ground batter mix well and keep overnight for fermentation.
5. Once fermentation is complete make appam in appam skillet serve.
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9. Heat appam pan and reduce heat to simmer.
10. Now add a ladle of batter and spread around the appam pan walls. i.e. lift the pan swirl the batter.
11. Cover and cook in simmer for 1 minute or until the appam is cooked and serve.

NOTES:

1. Goes well with coconut milk