Appam

Appam is a common main dish for breakfast in Kerala. They are like pancakes, but made from fermented rice batter.

We make these thick appams on a flat tawa. The lacy appams are made in appachati, a small deep bottomed pan.

Raw rice - 1 cup
Grated coconut - 1 cup
Beaten rice (aval) - 1/2 cup
Dried yeast - a pinch
Sugar - 1 Tbsp
Salt (according to taste)
Oil

Soak rice for 5 hours. Then grind rice. Add aval, coconut together with the rice. Grind to form the batter. Keep overnight to ferment.

In the morning, add salt.

Heat pan on stove. Apply oil on it. When pan becomes hot, pour batter and cover it. After a few minutes, flip. Cook for a few more minutes.

Recipe from Mom