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As I promised I am delivering you amma’s special appam recipe. This is one of those recipe which stayed in our home for centuries. Amma makes appam like this always. Everyone have their own way of making appam batter, but I think this is the simplest one. Traditionally this is made in a appa chati, but you could easily make this in regular tawa..But you won’t get the shape of traditional appam. But its ok as long as it taste same.
You can serve appam with Egg Korma or Egg Pulusu or any spicy gravy. But the best combo is with Amma’s Varutharacha Urulai Kilangu Korma.. So here you to the step by step recipe with pictures.
Servings: 4 servings
Ingredients
- Raw rice / Pacharisi / Kachcha chawal – 1 cup
- Fresh Coconut - 1/2 cup grated
- Salt to taste
- Sugar- 2 tblspn
- Baking Soda- 1/2 tsp
- Water as needed
Instructions
- Wash rice till all starch from this goes away. Now soak the rice for around 3 hours. Drain this and add it to wet grinder or blender.
- Now add coconut into this and blend it till smooth.Add enough water so that everything gets smooth. Pour this into a air tight container.
- Take three tblspn of batter in a saucepan and add 1 cup of water in it. Heat it up and bring this to boil. Stir this constantly so that it gets thick. It will take around 4-5 mins.Now remove this from heat and allow to cool down.
- Now add this cooled mixture to the batter and mix well. Leave this on the counter to ferment for 24 hours.
- When you are ready to make appam. Take the batter and add salt, sugar, baking soda in this and mix well. Pour some water and make it little thinner in consistency.
- Now take your appam pan and apply some oil in it. Pour a ladleful of batter in the middle. Hold the sides of the pan and swirl it so that the batter coats all sides.Cover it with a lid and cook for 2 mins until it is cooked through. Remove and serve.
- If you are using a tawa. Heat it first, now take a ladleful of batter and spread it on the tawa as you do for dosa..Drizzle some oil over the sides and cover it with a lid. Cook for couple of minutes or until cooked.
- Serve this with your favorite korma.
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| Measure your raw rice.. |
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| soak it in water |
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| take your coconut..You can add chopped coconut as well |
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| put rice and coconut in a blender or wet grinder |
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| grind it till smooth |
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| remove this in a container |
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| now take some batter and add water to it..Heat it up |
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| cook untill it gets thick |
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| look at the consistency |
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| add everything in the batter |
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| add in |
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| mix well |
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| allow it to ferment |
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| it will rise a bit.. |
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| take your ingrediants for making appam |
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| add salt and sugar in |
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| add baking soda as well |
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| mix well |
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| take your appam chati or any pan |
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| make sure that it has a lid |
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| add a ladleful of batter in |
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| swirl the pan so that it coats evenly |
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| put back in fire |
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| cover with a lid and let it cook |
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| Done |
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I love appam with thengai pal and this looks awesome. Happy to follow you too.
Looks so delicious …and u have explained it so well!
Beautiful! I'm not sure what appam is, but it sure looks good. My partner is from England and he's always complaining that there aren't any good Indian places in town. Maybe I ought to give this a shot?
Thanks for sharing (and for stopping by my corner of the blogosphere!)
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Super Good.Neatly exhibited and done Aapam Dear.Luv it.
You have some pretty amazing equipment there. Just the idea of grinding the rice and the coconut together sounds like it would be a great method to impart the flavor through out. It is kind of like a savory crepe, which tells me that there are lots of fabulous uses for it. Sounds delicious. Have a great day.
wow i love this is yeast free! this looks delicious. i love rice based anything! thanks for the awesome step by step pictures 😀
Appam,been ages i had them, looks fabulous..
wow…this is amazing..without yeast you get it done well….
Thanx dear
lovely appams, i usually use yeast instead of soda..nice recipe..
Look delicious!! gloria
this version is unique and the appam come out perfectly…bookmarked to try…thanx for sharing!!
Hi Aarthi…thanks for visiting my space
Appams look soo yummy…my favourite actually…must try your version….happy to be following you!
What a great looking recipe! Yum!
Very very very nice aarthi. Thanks for posting such an authentic and useful post.
simple and easy.. delicious..
Wow…nice appam…came out very well…
Superb idea arthi to make soft aapams 🙂 Loved this 🙂
Appam looks very inviting!
very yummy dosas..I love them
That looks great!! and great pictorial
Wow, Appam looks really great! Thanks for sharing such a nice recipe 🙂
love your step by step pictures! bookmarked this to make soonn.. your appams look fabulous!
wow perfect appam….
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I like appam ur looks lovely…..Thanks for stopping my space.
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I believe appam making is an art.It should be taken very seriously.Isn't it ? Yours have come out superb.I do in a different way.Addition of baking soda is new to me.will try Aarthi.Thanks for the recipe.Thanks your Amma.
Lovely step by step presentation, will surely try and let u know, i did one version of it following Valli's recipe which was equally good.
Your recipe is different so will also try this one.
Did you coat the pan with oil before dropping the batter?
The Pumpkin Farm..Thanks for ur comment..Yes i coated the pan with oil…
Glad to have chanced upon your blog… there is so much to bookmark here.
The appam looks perfect!
wow!!new method of appam without yiest,I want to try,your step by step pics gave me more courage….Appam(appa) is something I cook nervously,coz some days I fail with the batter….:)
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Appam looks so crispy and awesome….
thanks to your patience and the step by step pics appam is easy to follow.will give it a shot.
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Love appams…Love your step by step pictorial
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looks very delicious and tasty:
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My hub's all time fav food…Looks perfect.
Thanks for sharing this step-by-step recipe; my friends use this recipe. We never grind coconut alongwith rice; this looks easy- bookmarked.
hi arthi…thanks for visiting my space and joining me. this is a very diff way to do appam. cooking the batter and mixing with the rest of the batter! hv to try it…u hv got some real patience to take so many pics:-) glad to follow u too
Looks wonderful, enjoyed reading this post.
Thank You.
It looks good and tastes very good.i've tried it at my home.thank u very much.
is there any possibility to make burger buns without yeast
Well explained with photos 🙂
Hey Today i searched for the recipe of Appam for my frnds who enjoy my southindian lunch and they were demanding the recipe & coincidentally ur blog got opened i was surprised when i gone trough it and the pics. Ur method was same as my mom. and later when i got time i gone through different recipes and i found it very interesting thanks a lot i will try all ur recipes at home.
thx a lot aarthi for this recipe.. i tried this recipe, appam came out really well..this is the 2nd time i tried ur recipe.. first time batter was a bit watery,but still appam was good..this time, everything perfect..my family loved it.. 🙂
This recipe worked like a Charm and I enjoyed delicious Appams. Thanks Aarthi for this wonderful Aapam Recipe
aappam is my favourite recipe….
its looks delicious…………
if we skip baking soda could we get crisp aappam like this??????
@DEEPTHIBaking soda makes it so soft. But you could leave it too..
Thanks. Sounds easy , for beginners. I will try it out.
Enjoyed reading your blog and the wonderful presentation.
Hi arthi,
Can i use idly rice for appam ?
@Karthika i think idly rice wont work. I haven't tried it yet
Hi aarthi, why do you cook few tbsp of batter and add it back. I make aapams but never knew this step. What is the purpose of doing so
@ThulasiMy mom always makes it like this. It makes the appam super soft and tasty..
can i use sona masoori rice for appam?
@shamnaYES U CAN USE
Hi Arthi I tried lemon drizzle. It is really yummy.
Thanks aarthi going thru u r blog and loved so many of ur recipes. Keep it going
Hi aarthi I tried many of your recipes they are truly awesome! I would like to know what else can we serve with these appams as m not aware of south Indian dishes except idli and dosa
I have heard from my mom doing appam like this….but, in this busy schedule I don't have time …so, I grind rice, a teaspoon of soaked urad dal, coconut, cooked rice, spoon of fermented idli batter, salt and sugar to make soft and spongy appams that everyone relish in my home ….even amma is amazed by the result….the quality of raw rice do matter…I use sona masoori….try once, it is easy
Fantastic and very interesting tasty..Loving it.
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Ferment for 24 hours? Can i leave it overnight alone outside and then keep it in fridge? For how many days the batter holds good?
@Dheepa kalyanno appam batter needs little more fermentation. You can store it in fridge for 3 to 5 days
Thanks for sharing this recipe. I look forward to trying it out…
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Thanks for sharing this recipe. I look forward to trying it out…
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1cup cooked rice add panninaal innum nalla irukkum.
Hi Aarthi, thanks for sharing the traditional way of cooking with set by step pictures. 🙂 could you please tell me if I can add Eno instead of Baking soda?
@Divyayes u can add eno
@ThulasiInstead of cooking the batter,you can also grind cooked rice Betty
Hi Aarthi, Thanks for this receipe. My daughter often have a problem when i use yeast for my appams. This time i am going to try baking soda. THANK U VERY MUCH.
Hi, Aarthi…I tried the recipe…it didn’t turn out well..I think the consistency was thinking.. Do tell the right consistency..other than this I followed the above recipe… please do share this one detail
The batter has to be little thin.
Hi Aarthi can you please tell me how much batter to take for heating and making that solid to be used.Also how many table spoon of sugar and salt for 2 cups of rice.
The first 2appams are crisp after that they become rubbery. Why.
Hi Aarthi, Can I use rice floyr instead?