Our Weekday breakfasts are like this always Oats curd, Oats Pongal, Oats Kichidi or something interesting with Oats and somedays idly or bread toast. I won't call it boring, as I feel thankful for every good meal, but it is like an autopilot. But weekends are special for us.
A special surprising breakfast on a Saturday morning makes my hubby very happy. I too get excited to see his happy face. From Friday evening itself he will start asking me about the next day's breakfast . So every Friday I start planning for next days' yummy breakfast and lunch.
Some Indian breakfasts require too much steps, ingredients and time and will definitely leave more dishes to clean. In my view the breakfasts (all meals) should be easy to make. Many Indian recipes involve many steps. I think that's why food delivery businesses and restaurants are thriving in India.
Take for example Idiyappam (rice noodles). It takes long time to prepare in the morning. Cleaning after that is more time consuming. But our mom's used to do that for us all.
I prefer some meal prep the previous day, as it makes my mornings easy. There are a lot of Indian dishes that won't take much time to prepare but tastes amazing too. Idly, dosa , adai , Appam are ideally good. We can prepare the batter the previous day and that gives us a win win situation.
Appam is kind of like a cousin sister of American Pancake. It is the gluten-free pancake of India.
Appam is my hubby's one of the most favorites. Appam is like a pet project for me (easy, kind of healthy, makes your spouse feel special and the left over batter can be used on Sunday too). So I love to make appam.
So my formula for a happy weekend is cooking yummy foods, watching my hubby's favorite shows with him. Special moments like this makes our love grow stronger I guess.
Here is my recipe for white appam.
This recipe has a different ratio of rice combo. We call this as Tirunelveli appam. As the regular appam calls for raw rice (pacharisi) only.
My mom used to make appam like this and I remember, she never had any nonstick pans, still the appams would glide out of the pan. Yes, that's how a perfect appam should be.
Perfect Appam should look like a bowl (because of the special pan), should be thick and soft at the center and thin like a lace at the edges. I have a dedicated non stick appam pan, as this non stick pan makes the process more easy.
This appam will make a perfect Valentine's day breakfast, Happy Weekend and Happy Valentine's Day !
If you are interested in learning new Indian recipes, please check out my youtube channel 1Viki'sKitchen.
Ingredients: (Makes 12 appam)
Raw rice / Everest basmati - 1 1/2 cup
Idli rice / parboiled rice - 3/4 cup
urid dhal - 1 tbsp
poha (aval) / cooked rice - 1/2 cup
coconut (shredded) - 2 Tbsp
Raw rice / Everest basmati - 1 1/2 cup
Idli rice / parboiled rice - 3/4 cup
urid dhal - 1 tbsp
poha (aval) / cooked rice - 1/2 cup
coconut (shredded) - 2 Tbsp
(or) coconut milk - 1/2 cup
dry yeast - 1 tsp
sugar - 2 Tsp
salt - 1 tsp
Method:
dry yeast - 1 tsp
sugar - 2 Tsp
salt - 1 tsp
Method:
If we are making appam for breakfast, prepare the batter the previous evening.
Rinse and soak rices, urid dal together for 2 hours.
Grind together everything above.
Let it be a thick batter like dosa mavu.
Keep it closed and place in a warm place for 12 hours. I used to make this batter at night by 9 pm and leave inside oven (heat to 300 for 10 minutes and turn off oven) and in the next day morning there will be bubbles on the surface and the batter would have risen. Mix well.
Now heat the aappam pan and wipe a drop of coconut oil all over the pan by using a clean cloth.
Check the thickness of aappam batter now. It should be in the more thin in consistency than that of dosa batter.If not so add some coconut milk or water. If it is too runny add few tsp of rice flour.
Pour 2 ladles of batter,keep heat at medium to low.
Then Shake the pan in a circular motion so that the flour spreads and expands along the edges. (Please see Viki'sKitchen video for Appam recipe)
Check the thickness of aappam batter now. It should be in the more thin in consistency than that of dosa batter.If not so add some coconut milk or water. If it is too runny add few tsp of rice flour.
Pour 2 ladles of batter,keep heat at medium to low.
Then Shake the pan in a circular motion so that the flour spreads and expands along the edges. (Please see Viki'sKitchen video for Appam recipe)
(If batter is too thick and does not spread, add a little more milk or water to the batter for the next aapams ). The cooked batter forms a layer of 'lace' around the thicker center portion. It is then covered and cooked in it's own steam over gentle heat. Takes 3 minutes. Don't flip it like dosa.
I wait to hear a dripping sound of water(condensation of steam) .Now we can be sure that the aapam is cooked.Then by using a dosa spatula or spoon gently take out the aapam.
Serving suggestions:
Aapam goes fine with coconut milk.Take coconut milk 3 Tbsp and dilute it with 1 cup of warm water. Spread 2 teaspoon sugar over aapam and add 4 tablespoon coconut milk over the aapam. Enjoy your aapam like pancake.
Number of appam using this recipe is 12
I wait to hear a dripping sound of water(condensation of steam) .Now we can be sure that the aapam is cooked.Then by using a dosa spatula or spoon gently take out the aapam.
Serving suggestions:
Aapam goes fine with coconut milk.Take coconut milk 3 Tbsp and dilute it with 1 cup of warm water. Spread 2 teaspoon sugar over aapam and add 4 tablespoon coconut milk over the aapam. Enjoy your aapam like pancake.
Number of appam using this recipe is 12
Alternate recipe:
(use these ingredients and follow the above instructions)
Raw rice - 2 cup
Idly rice / boiled rice - 1/2 cup
urid dal - 1 tbsp
shredded coconut - 3/4 cup
coconut water - 1/2 cup
salt - 1 tsp
(use these ingredients and follow the above instructions)
Raw rice - 2 cup
Idly rice / boiled rice - 1/2 cup
urid dal - 1 tbsp
shredded coconut - 3/4 cup
coconut water - 1/2 cup
salt - 1 tsp
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திருநெல்வேலி வெள்ளை ஆப்பம்
பச்சரிசி - 1 1/2 கப்
புழுங்கலரிசி / இட்லி அரிசி - 3/4 கப்
உளுந்து - 1 tbsp
சாதம் / அவல் - 1/2 கப்
தேங்காய் துருவல் - 2 Tbsp
(or ) தேங்காய் பால் - 1/2 கப்
ஈஸ்ட் - 1 tsp
சீனி - 2 Tsp
உப்பு - 1 tsp
மேலே சொன்ன அனைத்தையும் ஒன்றாக சேர்த்து, அதிகம் தண்ணிர் சேர்க்காமல் இட்லி மாவு பதத்துக்கு, அரைத்து பன்னிரெண்டு மணி நேரம் புளிக்க வைக்கவும்.ஆப்பம் சுடும் முன் , இந்த மாவை தண்ணிர் சேர்த்து கரைக்கவும். மாவு ரவை தோசை மாவு போல நீர்த்து இருக்க வேண்டும்.
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தேங்காய் எண்ணெய் - சிறிது
ஆப்ப சோடா - 1 / 4 tsp
