- Soak the washed rice for 3 to 4 hours.Wash and drain. Grind the soaked rice in a blender with just enough water so that the ground material will be thick.
- In the early stages of grinding take out about two table spoon of the partially ground rice and keep it apart for cooking and later mixing.(This will be called KURUKKU).
- Mix separately 1 teaspoonful of yeast , quarter cup of luke warm water and 1 tablespoon of sugar and allow the mixture to rise. Grind the coconut to a milky emulsion.
- Mix your ground rice, 'Kurukku'(cook the partially ground rice saved earlier like a thick porridge) the yeast mixture and ground coconut
- Allow the mixture to ferment for about 6 hours. Add sugar and salt as your taste dictates.You can add a little coconut milk to adjust the consistency.
- (You can add one beaten up egg at this stage if you fear appams sticking to the pan.- Alternately you can wrap a half fried egg in cloth and use it to rub the frying area of your pan.)
- Now put the mixture in a warm oven for 2 hours just before you make the Appams After it rises DO NOT STIR.
- Use a cast iron pan and use the same technique that one uses for pancakes.
Vella Appam
By Vilija C
Mar, 25th
629
Servings
3 persons
Cook Time
20 minutes
Ingredients
4
- 6
Ingredients
- 2 cups of white rice
- Half a coconut
- 1 table spoon of yeast
- Sugar
- Salt
- 2 table spoon of partially ground, cooked rice
