Unniyappam~traditional Kerala snack

Name: Unniyappam~traditional Kerala snack
Total time: 1800 s
Yield: 24 appe
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 2 cup rice flour; 5-7 crushes cardamoms; 2 medium sized ripe bananas; 1 cup jaggery; 1 cup water; 2 tbsp coconut flakes; 1/2 tsp baking powder; 1/2 tsp dry ginger powder; 1 cup ghee for frying

Supraja Nagarathinam @cook_13583444

Chennai, Tamil Nadu

#traditional
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This is a sweet snack made in Kerala originally. It’s a traditional sweet offering to the God on vrat days and purnima days.

Supraja Nagarathinam @cook_13583444

Chennai, Tamil Nadu

#traditional
.
This is a sweet snack made in Kerala originally. It’s a traditional sweet offering to the God on vrat days and purnima days.

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Ingredients

30 mins

24 appe

2 cuprice flour
5-7crushes cardamoms
2medium sized ripe bananas
1 cupjaggery
1 cupwater
2 tbspcoconut flakes
1/2 tspbaking powder
1/2 tspdry ginger powder
1 cupghee for frying

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Steps

30 mins

1

Boil the jaggery in water until it dissolves completely. Drain away impurities.
2

In a large mixing bowl, add the flour, cardamoms, baking powder, ginger powder. Mix thoroughly.
3

Add the coconut flakes to this bowl.
4

Mash the bananas to a fine paste in a blender. Mix that with the jaggery water.
5

Add the jaggery banana mash to the dry ingredients in parts. Mix well and adjust water if needed, until you get an idli batter consistency.
6

Grease appe pan with ghee or oil. Wait for it to heat up a little.
7

Pour in 1 tbsp of the batter into each cavity. Add more ghee on top. Flip and cook until all sides brown evenly. Don’t overcook. Always do on low flame.
8

Serve as festival prasad to God or enjoy on a rainy day as hot snack with chai.