Vattayappam is a keralan style steamed rice cake made with fermented rice batter which has yeast in them. It is usually served with chicken curry, mutton stew or sambar.
Vattayappam Recipe
I wanted to make this recipe for a long time. Finally I made it few days back. This particular recipe is super easy to make since it used rice flour. I made this less sweet and served it with Kuttanadan chicken curry. But you can add more sugar and serve it as a snack.
About Vattayappam
Kerala style vattayappam recipe made using rice flour cooked rice and it can be made instantly. This particular recipe taste amazing and is super easy to make.
If you are hearing about this recipe for the first time. This is similar to our aapam. But it is steamed in a pan which is round so it is called as vattayappam. It is served with any spicy curries like Palakkad chicken curry, mutton curry or even beef.
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.
How to Make Vattayappam at Home
- Take rice flour in a bowl, add water and mix well. Set aside.
- Add in cooked rice and coconut in a blender and grind to a smooth paste.
- Add rice flour mixture, salt, sugar, yeast and grind well.
- Pour this into a bowl. The batter has to be little thick like idli batter.
- Now cover and let this ferment for 3 to 4 hours.
- Now mix the batter, add water if needed. Add baking powder if needed and mix well.
- Pour this in a greased pan and steam for 30 mins.
- Remove and cool for 5 mins.
- Now un mould and serve with chicken curry.
So here you to the step-by-step recipe with pictures.
Pro Tips
- Usually vattayappam is made with soaked rice which is ground to a paste and then fermented. This is fast instant version.
- Don't add too much yeast it may give sour taste.
- If you over steam it may get dry.
- Store steamed vattayappam in a casserole to keep warm.
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Vattayappam - Steamed Rice Cake
Ingredients
- Rice flour - 2 cups
- Coconut - 1 cup Grated
- Cooked Rice - ½ cup
- Salt to taste
- Sugar - 1.5 tblsp
- Water - 2 cups or as needed
- Dry Yeast - 1 tsp
- Baking Powder - ½ tsp optional
- Oil - 1 tblspn for greasing the pan
Instructions
- Take rice flour in a bowl, add water and mix well. Set aside.
- Take cooked rice and coconut in a blender and grind to a smooth paste.
- Add rice flour mixture, salt, sugar, yeast and grind well.
- Pour this into a bowl. The batter has to be little thick like idli batter.
- Now cover and let this ferment for 3 to 4 hours.
- Now mix the batter, add water if needed. Add baking powder if needed and mix well.
- Pour this in a greased pan and steam for 30 mins.
- Remove and cool for 5 mins.
- Now unmould and serve with chicken curry.
Kerala style White Vattayappam Recipe Pictures
1)Take rice flour in a bowl
2)Add water and mix well
3)Set aside
4)Take coconut in a blender
5)add cooked rice
6)Blend till creamy
7)Like this
8)Add in the rice flour mixture
9)Add sugar
10)Add salt
11)Add yeast
12)Grind till smooth
13)Pour it into a bowl
14)Now let this ferment
15)Now it is well fermented
16)Mix it once. Add baking powder if needed.
17)Grease a mould
18)Pour the batter in
19)Place it into the steamer
20)Cover and steam for 20 to 30 mins
31)Look how fluffy it is
32)Remove it
33)Slice and serve
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Divya
Thanks again for wonderful recipe. I don't have yeast what can be alternative for that can we naturally ferment it.
Also can we use desicated coconut?
Aarthi
You can use baking soda instead of yeast. Just leave the batter for 6 to 8 hours. yes u can use dessicated coconut
Nayana
Thanks Aarthi for this. Requested long time ago... Definitely will try this. Looks so good