Karthigai Appam or Nei Appam or Unni Appam or Sweet Paniyaram

Name: Karthigai Appam or Nei Appam or Unni Appam or Sweet Paniyaram
Total time: 60 s
Yield: 4-serving
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 cup Raw Rice -; 3/4 cup Jaggery -; 1 big or 2 Banana small ( see notes ) -; 1/2 tsp Baking Soda -; 1 tablespoon Coconut Grated - optional; 1/2 tsp Cardamom powder -; Butter Ghee Clarified / - for frying; optional Rice Flour - for adjusting the batter

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Today I a€™m very happy in posting the recipe of Karthigai Appam or Nei Appam or Unni Appam or Sweet Paniyaram,
which owes its origins to Kerala. In Malayalam, unni means small and appam means rice cake. This is festive sweet, made on Gokulashtami, the birthday of Hindu deity, Lord Krishna. These appams are soft, spongy, super tasty and irresistible!! :-)

Janani's Cooking Addiction @cook_7805936

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Ingredients

1 mins

4-serving

1 cupRaw Rice -
3/4 cupJaggery -
1 big or 2Banana small ( see notes ) -
1/2 tspBaking Soda -
1 tablespoonCoconut Grated - optional
1/2 tspCardamom powder -
Butter Ghee Clarified / - for frying
optionalRice Flour - for adjusting the batter

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Steps

1 mins

1

Soak rice in water for at least 3 hours.
2

Mix jaggery with water and heat it up for a few minutes till the jaggery melts. Strain the syrup to remove impurities and keep it aside.
3

Drain the water from the rice and grind it with the jaggery syrup to a fine paste (you can add little water if needed).
4

Now add the banana to the rice and jaggery paste and pulse it once or twice till the banana is mixed well with the paste and pour the mixture in a bowl.
5

Check for the consistency. It should be slightly thicker than the dosa batter. If it is too watery just add 1 tbsp rice flour to it, to get the correct consistency (see notes).
6

Add the cardamom powder and the grated coconut to the batter and mix well.
7

Set the batter aside for at least 2 hours for fermentation (see notes).
8

While frying, add the baking soda to the batter and mix well.
9

Then heat paniyaram pan, add a tsp of ghee / oil in each hole. Pour a spoon full of the batter in each hole.When cooked on one side, carefully flip to other side, add oil / ghee if required.
10

Cook until both sides are dark brown.You can even deep fry them fully by adding ghee/oil to 3/4th of each hole. And the appams are ready to enjoyyyy!!