Karthigai Appam or Nei Appam or Unni Appam or Sweet Paniyaram.
You can have Karthigai Appam or Nei Appam or Unni Appam or Sweet Paniyaram using 8 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Karthigai Appam or Nei Appam or Unni Appam or Sweet Paniyaram
- You need 1 cup of Raw Rice -.
- It's 3/4 cup of Jaggery -.
- It's 1 big or 2 of Banana small ( see notes ) -.
- It's 1/2 tsp of Baking Soda -.
- It's 1 tablespoon of Coconut Grated - optional.
- It's 1/2 tsp of Cardamom powder -.
- It's of Butter Ghee Clarified / - for frying.
- You need optional of Rice Flour - for adjusting the batter.
Karthigai Appam or Nei Appam or Unni Appam or Sweet Paniyaram step by step
- Soak rice in water for at least 3 hours..
- Mix jaggery with water and heat it up for a few minutes till the jaggery melts. Strain the syrup to remove impurities and keep it aside..
- Drain the water from the rice and grind it with the jaggery syrup to a fine paste (you can add little water if needed)..
- Now add the banana to the rice and jaggery paste and pulse it once or twice till the banana is mixed well with the paste and pour the mixture in a bowl..
- Check for the consistency. It should be slightly thicker than the dosa batter. If it is too watery just add 1 tbsp rice flour to it, to get the correct consistency (see notes)..
- Add the cardamom powder and the grated coconut to the batter and mix well..
- Set the batter aside for at least 2 hours for fermentation (see notes)..
- While frying, add the baking soda to the batter and mix well..
- Then heat paniyaram pan, add a tsp of ghee / oil in each hole. Pour a spoon full of the batter in each hole.When cooked on one side, carefully flip to other side, add oil / ghee if required..
- Cook until both sides are dark brown.You can even deep fry them fully by adding ghee/oil to 3/4th of each hole. And the appams are ready to enjoyyyy!!.