NEI APPAM

Nei appam is one of the popular sweet originally from Kerala and is usually prepared during festival occasion. These are the rice pancakes fried in ghee or oil. Its crispy outside whereas when you have a bite its soft with a crunchy munchy bite inbetween and that;s due to the addition of  fried coconut pieces. 

NOTE : If the batter turns watery, then add riceflour to get the right consistency. It should be thicker than dosa batter. Dont skip adding ghee fried coconut pieces.

INGREDIENTS

1 Cup Raw rice.

3/4 Cup Grated Jaggery

2 Ripe Banana (small)

1/2 Cup Ghee Fried Coconut pieces.

1/2 tsp Cooking soda

1/2 tsp Cardamom powder

1 tbsp Sesame seeds ( black will be best but I added white as i did not had a stock of black one)

Pinch of Salt

Oil or ghee for deep

METHOD

Soak rice for atleast 3 hours.

First will make Jaggery syrup. For that, In a kadai, mix jaggery with water. Boil the mixture till jaggery melts. Now allow it to cool and then strain the syrup to remove the impurities. 

Now grind the rice along with jaggery syrup to a fine paste. Add in the banana's and mix well. If needed can add water as well. The batter should be thicker than the dosa batter. Pour them into a bowl. Add cardamom powder, soda powder, sesame seeds & ghee fried coconut pieces and mix well. Let the batter rest atleast for half an hour. Heat oil for deep frying. Add 2 tsp of ghee. Pour a ladleful of the batter into the pan and allow to fry. Once u get to see the sides gets crispy flip to other side and cook till golden brown.

Serve hot :)

Enjoy!!