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Appam with Coconut Milk

Soft Appam Recipe - without yeast, poha ,cooked rice or baking soda
Prep Time20 minutes
Cook Time5 minutes
Soak and batter resting time8 hours
Course: Breakfast
Cuisine: Indian
Servings: 20

Equipment

  • Appam Pan , Mixie and Big Jar For Coconut Milk Extraction

Ingredients

For Appam

  • 1 Cup Raw Rice
  • 1 Cup Idly Rice
  • 1/2 Cup(reduce 1 tblsp) Urad dhal
  • 1 Tsp Fenugreek seeds/Vendhayam
  • Salt as Needed

For Coconut Milk

  • 1 Whole Coconut
  • (or)2 Cups Frozen Coconut
  • Hot water/Cold water as needed
  • Pinch Cardamom
  • Sugar or Jaggery as needed

Instructions

  • Soak all the ingredients (under appam) in one vessel .Soak it overnight or 4 hrs.
    Add all the soaked ingredients and grind to make nice smooth batter.
    Add salt and keep for fermentation overnight or 4 to 5 hours .
    After fermentation, add some water and give nice mix to make little watery consistency (pouring consistency),and not thick like idly batter.
    Heat appam kadai in medium heat and pour 11/2 ladle or required amount of batter .
    Hold both sides of appam kadai and give nice rotation to spread the batter in circle shape.Then cover the kadai and cook in medium flame.
    It will take 1 or 2 minute to cook then flip the appam from kadai to plate and serve immediately with coconut milk added with sugar or jaggery.

How to Make Coconut Milk

  • If you are using fresh coconut then crack ,take off coconut pieces and soak in hot water for 10 to 15 minute to get thick milk.
    or if you are using frozen coconut, defroze the pack and soak 2 cups of coconut with hot water for 15 minute ,grind it to take coconut milk.
    Extract coconut milk 2 times with addition of required water and filter in bowl .
    Add grounded cardamom powder and required sugar to the filtered coconut milk .
    Mix well before serving with appam.
    For Mommies with little Kids,
    Make the peeling or defreezing coconut previous day evening , keep it ready to put inn hot water in morning to extract the coconut milk.
    This will save you lot of time and keep you relax to work with kids in morning time.