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Kerala · Lunch

Appam

Traditional 21. Appam recipe

🧺 Ingredients

• 1 cup rice, soaked
• 1/4 cup urad dal, soaked
• 2 tbsp grated coconut
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/4 cup water
• 1/4 tsp sugar
• Oil for cooking

👩‍🍳 How to make Appam

1. Ferment batter (6 hours or overnight, room temperature): Blend rice, urad dal, coconut with 1/4 cup water to smooth batter. Add salt, sugar. Keep covered in warm place. Visual: batter rises and develops sour smell.
2. Check fermentation (1 sec): Batter should have risen by 1.5x, with bubbles throughout. Smell should be sour and pleasant.
3. Heat appam maker (2 mins, high heat): Heat appam pan/mold on medium-high heat until hot. Oil lightly.
4. Pour batter (1 min, high heat): Pour fermented batter into mold, spreading thin on sides. Visual: batter starts cooking immediately.
5. Remove (1 min, high heat): Pop appam onto plate. Should have lacy edges and soft, bowl-shaped center.

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