Appam is a popular south Indian crepe or pancake which is typically prepared from yeast fermented batter with coconut. It is popular breakfast or brunch recipe relished with vegetable stew, sweetened coconut milk, egg curry, or even with kadala curry.
Ingredients
- 1.5 cups raw rice
- 1 cup freshly grated coconut
- 2 tbsp cooked rice
- 3 tbsp sugar
- 1 tsp dry yeast
- salt to taste
- water as required
Method
- Soak raw rice in water for about 5 – 6 hours.
- Drain water completely. Grind rice, coconut, cooked rice, dry yeast and sugar into a smooth batter. Add water little by little while grinding. The batter should be slightly thick pouring consistency.
- Transfer the batter into a separate bowl and ferment the batter in room temperature for 8 hours.
- After 8 hours add salt and mix well. Meanwhile, heat the appam pan. Pour a ladle full of batter into the pan immediately rotate and spread.
- Cover and cook on a low flame until the appam gets completely cooked.
- Serve appam with vegetable stew or kadala curry.
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