Yield: For 4 persons
The Aappam is a common breakfast dish in South India.
It is referred to as 'Hopper' in English, 'Appam' in Malayalam & 'Aappam' in Tamil.
There are many varieties of Aappam and also several ways of preparation. This is one simple method to make Plain Aappam.
Ingredients:
Rice Flour – 500 gm
Salt – 1 tsp
Baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) – ¼ tsp
Water – as required
Oil - as required
Preparation:
Keep aside ¼ cup of rice flour.
Add water to the remaining flour to make a dosa batter.
Mix the ¼ cup of flour with 1 ½ cup (approximate value) of water without lumps.
Keep this on a low flame and stir continuously till it is cooked like a porridge or 'kanji'(in Tamil).
Mix the cooked batter and salt to the dosa batter. Keep it overnight.
Next day, add baking soda & little more water and make the batter thinner than a normal dosa batter.
Place a thick bottom kadai (deep frying pan or karahi) in low flame.
When the kadai gets heated, brush some oil and pour 1 ½ ladleful of batter in the centre.
Quickly swirl the kadai so that the batter spreads on all sides.
Note that the appam should be thin on the outer sides & thick in the middle.
Pour 1 tsp of oil over the sides. Close the lid.
Wait for 1 - 2 minutes, the sides of the Aappam must be slightly brown by now.
Take out the Aappam and serve with Egg Stew or simply with coconut milk.
Note:
The Aappam should be cooked in a low flame.
There is no need to flip the Aappam as it is cooked in a closed kadai.
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