Appams (fermented Rice And Coconut Pancake)

Total Time: 6 hrs 2 mins Preparation Time: 6 hrs Cook Time: 2 mins

Ingredients

• 4 cups idli rice
• 3/4 cup jaggery
• 1/2 cup coconut, freshly grated
• 1/2 cup boiled sona masoori rice
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 400 ml water (for grinding the rice, coconut, jaggery, plus a little more for proofing the yeast)

Recipe

• 1 soak the idli rice ( glutinous rice) for 4-6 hours.
• 2 in a bowl add a little lukewarm water and add the yeast and sugar,stir and keep aside for 15 minutes or till frothy.
• 3 grind the rice with the coconut and jaggery in your mixer or food processor till you get a smooth batter.it should be of a pourable consistency.
• 4 when the yeast mixture is frothy,stir in the salt till it is dissolved and add it to the batter you have prepared.
• 5 keep the batter closed in a warm corner of the kitchen to ferment overnight.
• 6 .in the morning, heat a skillet,add half a teaspoons of sunflower oil, and pour a ladel of batter in the centre of it and move the pan around so that the batter spreads.
• 7 you will notice holes appearing in the pancake almost immediately.
• 8 flip it over when the sides begin to brown and cook for a minute.
• 9 serve with sweetened coconut milk or just as it is.
• 10 enjoy! :).