Nei Appam Recipe | Appam Recipe | Sweet Appam
Festivals have been an integral part of our lives. It brings us peace, joy and positive vibrations..!! With the Festival of Lamps , Karthigai Deepam falling on Tuesday, hope you all are busy preparing for the celebration like us..:) Nei Appam is one of the traditional South Indian sweet made as Neivedyam / offering to the God during this festival & pooja. I learnt this easy recipe from my grand ma and it can be prepared in a jiffy. If you have a paniyaram pan, then the job is very easy ( only less amount of ghee needed ) . But if you don’t have the paniyaram pan, you can deep fry the appam in ghee or oil. Lets see how to make this lipsmacking delicacies..:)
Ingredients
Raw rice - 1 cup
Jaggery - 1 small cup
Cardamom pwd - a generous pinch
Coconut bits - 1 tbsp
Wheat flour - 1 to 2 tbsp
Banana - 1
Ghee / oil - to fry
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Instructions
1.
Wash and soak raw rice for 3 to 4 hrs.
2.
Drain the water and grind rice in the blender to coarse batter.
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Now add the powdered jaggery and further grind to smooth paste.
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Pour it into a wide bowl
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Add cardamom pwd, coconut bits, wheat flour and mashed banana.
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Now, mix the ingredients well.
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The consistency of the batter should be little thicker than the idly batter.
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Take care the batter consistency should not be watery, as it absorbs more oil / ghee while frying.
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Now for frying, take a paniyaram pan.
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Pour a tsp of ghee into each of the grooves.
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Now, pour a small ladle full of batter into each of the grooves.
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Turn on flame and cook it in medium low flame.
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When it is cooked on one side, ( it takes approx 2 to 3 mins ) gently flip over, using a spoon to other side.
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Add a drop of ghee if required.
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Once done, take them out and place them on a kitchen tissue.
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Delicious Appams with rich aroma of ghee ( Nei ) is ready.
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It has a shelf life of 2 to 3 days, if stored in an air tight container.