Aapam

AAPAM RECIPE 

One of our Favorite recipes ever. Everybody in our home loves to have this . My daughter loves this very much. Combination of Aapam with coconut milk ..ymm..nobody says no..

Here is the recipe of ours,.( with our family's lovely taste)

                        

Ingredients:

Raw rice   2 cups headed 

Idli rice. 2 cups headed

Urud dal   1/4 cups headed

Fenugreek seeds. 1 1/2 tsps

Salt 2 tsps 

Coconut water   Of one fresh coconut 

Grated coconut (half portion of that freshly broken coconut) 

Instructions:

1. Soak raw rice ,idli rice Urud dal,fenugreek seeds all together for Atleast 4 hours before grinding them to batter. Level of water should be 2-3 inches above the ingredients .

2. After 4 hours grind this soaked items using blender or in table top wet grinder. I Prefer doing in Grinder. 

3. During grinding add  coconut water and grated coconut  ,also salt.if you are doing in table top Then grind coconut (to  smooth paste )separately using blender and then add it to table top  grinder .

4. You need 3-4 cups water for the whole grinding process. Use soaked water also. Grind until you get smooth batter..add water little by little.

5. After you finished grinding process ,just keep that batter in a big vessel covered with a lid and leave it outside( not in fridge ) over night .this is for fermentation process.(about 6-8 hours )

6. Morning you can see the batter raised up.so,this is it. Our batter is ready .now keep it in fridge and use it at any time . You can keep it in fridge for 1 week . Take batter in a separate bowl for your use . Leave reserve  batter untouched in fridge .

If you are using the batter left in fridge ,then before doing Aapam that batter should be left outside for some time until it reaches room temperature.

7. You can do 2 recipes ,not 2 actually 3 recipes using this batter ,here I gave you one recipe only  ., other 2 I'll give you later.(Aapam ,sweet kuli paniyaram,kara paniyaram)

Aapam making:

You get 5-6 Aapams for this measurement 

Batter 1 1/2 cups 

Baking soda 1/4  tsp( take a little less)

Water. 1/2 -3/4 cup ( batter has to be thin) 

1. Mix baking soda in water and add it to batter.

2. After adding baking soda,you can see the batter raising up and now the quantity is doubled .

3.Take 1/2 cup of this mixture and pour this on a appa kadai heated before in medium flame .

4.Hold the kadai between your hands and turn in one big circle  slowly .so that the batter spreads evenly on the sides and you get crispy edges and the center puffed like an idli.

Don't forget to close it with lid . It takes about 3-4 minutes for each Aapam .

Practice will do this step easier .one thing you have to note here is ,the kadai should be heated enough ,before pouring batter ,then only batter stick to sides ,also try to cover edges with batter in one circle turning  ,if you do second round then the texture is little bit different ,but ok..

I use non stick appa kadai. If you don't have one ,do with any other kadai having polished and neat inner  surface ,also use a lightly dipped oil cloth to rub inside after every appam done.

                    

5. Serve this Aapam immediately with sugary coconut milk .enjoy the taste ..