It was the month of Karthigai according to Tamil calendar and the New moon day of this month marks the birthday of Lord Karthikeyan the six heads god. People in Tamil Nadu light lamps in their house and make Pori urundai which is jaggery balls using puffed rice and appam a jaggery sweet. There are many appam recipes using rice / rava / wheat flour / maida. I had made appam using wheat flour and its quick and easy preparation.
Ingredients :
1 cup wheat flour ( any atta flour or whole wheat flour can be used )
1/2 cup rice flour
2 ripe bananas
1/4 cup grated coconut ( optional )
1 tsp. cardamom powder
1 cup jaggery ( powdered )
pinch of salt ( to bring out the sweetness of appam )
Method :
1. Grind coconut, bananas, cardamom and jaggery in a mixie or blender.
2. Add the paste to the flours and a pinch of salt. Add just enough water to make into a batter of bajji or dosa batter consistency. The batter should be pourable, but thick and not watery.
3. Heat oil at medium in a round bottom kadai and when it is quite hot, pour a tablespoon or a small ladle of the batter in the center of the kadai and fry till both the sides puff up and become brown in colour. ( Alternatively it is easy to make in a appam kuzhipaniyaram pan. As I did not have one, I made in a normal kadai ).
Krishnaarpanam
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