Mini Appam

Appam is a south Indian recipe easy to prepare and loved by everyone. Here is the mini version of appam which kids love to have.

Preparation time: 12hrs

Cook time: 20mins

Total time: 12hrs 20mins

Cuisine: South Indian

Type: Breakfast

Author:  Nivi Marshal

Ingredients:

Raw rice/Pacharisi- 1 cup

Coconut- ½ cup

Water- As required

Salt- As required

Baking soda- a pinch

Oil- For making Appam

Mini_Appam

How to make Mini appam:

• Wash and soak rice and urad dal minimum of 4hours.
• Grind it along with coconut as a smooth paste by adding water little by little.
• Take a handful of batter in a pan and add with 1 and ½ cup of water and mix it well.
• In a low flame stir it continuously till it becomes a thick paste. Allow them to cool and add this along with batter and mix well.
• Keep the batter in room temperature to ferment for 8 hours or overnight.
• When you ready to prepare take the amount of batter which is required to prepare. Add salt, baking soda and required amount of water and mix well to bring the batter consistency.
• Take kuzhipaniyaram pan, grease oil and fill each mould with ¼ th of batter. After filling every 2 mould swirl the pan to bring the shape of appam. Once all the moulds are filled close with lid and cook till the appam is ready. Remove from mould and serve with coconut milk.

Mini_Appam

Tips:

• While grinding batter you can add 1 tbsp of cooked rice to increase softness while grinding batter.
• Coconut water can be used for grinding.
• You can use piece of onion to grease the oil in tawa.
• You can prepare appam in dosa tawa also by closing it by a lid.
• If the appam needs to be brown add 1 tsp sugar to the batter before start preparing Appam.
• You can also add ponni/pulungal rice and pacharisi/raw rice in 1:1 ratio.
• You can also add 1tbsp of urad dal while soaking the rice.
• You can use the same batter to prepare appam in appachatti as well.