Kerala mouthwatering breakfast APPAM

This dish holds so many fond memories because it is always associated with celebrations. In my most of the visits when i go kerala it becomes perfect breakfast.it is called APPAM.Nowadays people make it quite often at home but in the olden days, it was made only for celebrations.My friend always told me that it was only for Easter or Christmas that they had appams while growing up and that it was made in a cast iron appa maker.

No matter how many fond memories you have associated with it, there will be many terrible memories of how it turned out for you when you tried making it for yourself. Having heard so many such disasters, I went ahead and got the recipe from kerala.
Well as i enjoyed appam everytime when i was in kerala but the receipe making method i found from my kerala friend and some sources.

Appam recipe

*2 cups raw rice, soaked 3 hours    (like  raw rice)
*1 cup cooked rice
*1 cup freshly grated coconut
*1 teaspoon yeast + 1/2 cup of luke warm water
*2 tablespoons sugar
*salt to taste
Method

Combine the salt, a tablespoons of sugar and yeast in the warm water and allow it to proof for 5 minutes.

Grind the soaked rice, cooked rice and coconut, adding just a little water and salt to make a thick batter. Add in the proofed yeast to the batter and stir well to combine. Transfer the appam batter to a bowl. Cover the bowl and allow it to ferment for 5 to 6 hours or overnight.

Adjust the consistency of the fermented appam batter, adding water a little at a time to make it of thick pouring consistency.

The water added is to make a smooth batter of pouring consistency (the same as you would do for a pancake). If you make it too watery, then the appams will not be as soft and will not spread well.

Preheat the appa maker or the appam pan on medium high heat. Pour a ladle of batter on the appachetti and swirl the pan in circular fashion to spread the batter.

The batter will be thick in the center and thin on the sides. Cover the pan with a lid for approximately 2 minutes until it is crisped and golden brown on the sides and the centre is steamed and cooked.

*well if you don't have an appa maker, you can use an omlette pan and cook them like pancakes, one at a time.Don't flip them,just cook them on one side.

Appam days are always happy in kerala.well i hope you all will like this receipe and different subject of blog.