Appam without baking soda

Name: Appam without baking soda
Yield: 3-4 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 cup Normal rice; 1 cup Idli rice; 1/4 cup urad dal; 1 tsp Fenugreek seeds; to taste Salt -; as needed Oil

Krishnapriya @cook_15567725

My mom used to make appam in iron chatti without baking soda, when I was very young.Now I became mom to a tiny human being and started to cook for him. He is interested to have a variety of food. I have been following #Reshkitchen in Instagram and loved her post. I am so eager to post this recipe when #Reshkitchen announced the contest.Appam is easy to make and now let's start.

Krishnapriya @cook_15567725

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Ingredients

Soaking 5-6 hou

3-4 servings

1 cupNormal rice
1 cupIdli rice
1/4 cupurad dal
1 tspFenugreek seeds
to tasteSalt -
as neededOil

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Steps

Soaking 5-6 hou

1

Clean and soak all ingredients except salt for 5-6 hours. I am using Fenugreek seeds(vendhayam) instead of baking soda.
2

Grind the soaked ingredients in mixie jar, since the quantity is less. The consistency should be like idli batter. It's better to soak in the afternoon and grind during dinner time. Add required amount of salt and leave it for fermentation overnight.
3

Next day the batter will be fermented.Now take small portion in a bowl and add little water.It should be in running consistency.
4

Heat the appam pan.I am using non-stick pan.Add little oil and do spread the oil by spinning the pan slowly.
5

Once the pan is heated, keep it in low flame.Take one laddle batter and pour it in the pan and immediately spin the pan slowly either in clockwise or anticlockwise direction by holding the pan handle in your hands. You can spin twice or thrice for outer layer thickness. Make sure more batter is left in the middle of the pan after spinning.
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Now cover it with the lid. Sides come off the pan and middle part will look soft like idli, once it's done.You don't need to turn the appam.
7

With a wooden spatula take the appam gently. Follow the above steps again to make appam again. Serve appam with coconut milk/ vegetable stew /white Kurma of your choice 🙂.
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To notice:. 1. If batter is fermented properly, you can see many air bubbles popup while making appam(eg.like uthappam). 2.you can add oil while closing the lid,this gives crispy brown layer. 3.Dont over heat the pan and do not open the lid very often.