Appam is a fluffy dosa made with fermented rice batter.
Wash and clean the measured quantities of raw rice, boiled rice, urad dhal and methi seeds and add them in a vessel and pour four to five cups of water and soak them for three hours or more approximately.
After some time, drain the water and transfer them to a blender and add a cup of grated coconut and blend them into smooth batter by adding the required amount of water.
While blending, use tender coconut instead of water whenever necessary.
This gives the desired texture required to make the appam and it will also be delicious.
Transfer the smooth rice batter into a bowl and add the required salt.
Pour the remaining tender coconut and mix everything well and close the bowl with a lid.
Let it ferment for seven to eight hours approximately.
If you want to prepare appam for breakfast then let the batter ferment overnight.
Place the appakadai in the stove and keep it in high flame.
Let it get heated and meanwhile, you just take the appam batter and mix well using a ladle.
The batter should be absolutely smooth and in a free flowing consistency.
Grease the appakadai with a little oil and when it is heated just lower the flame.
Take a ladle of batter and pour it into the appakadai in the clockwise direction as we do it in the dosaikal (the tawa which we use to prepare dosa).
But here the ladle should not touch the appakadai at all. Instead, you hold the handles on both the sides in the appakadai and tilt in the clockwise direction, in order to spread the batter evenly.
Once it is spread in the appakadai, smear a quarter teaspoon of sesame oil around the batter and close it with a lid.
Throughout the process, let the flame be in low mode.
Once it is done, you can change it into medium mode so that the appam gets cooked.
After a minute, just open the lid and you will see the bottom being crispy and golden brown in colour.
The top will be fluffy and full of pores and now the tantalizing appam is ready.
Lower the flame and take it out from the appasatti using a dosa thiruppi ( specific spatula for taking out dosa and appam) and place it over a plate.
Similarly, cook a many appam as you want by adjusting the flame accordingly.
Serve it with chilled coconut milk or hot vegetable stew, the two popular vegan side-dishes for appam.
Serving Size 1 pc
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* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily value may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.