Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Kunji Kalathappam

Ingredients:
Boiled rice  -  1 cup 
Sugar    - to taste 
Coconut Milk   - 1/2 cup
Broken Cashew Nuts - 1 tsp 
Raisins- 1 tsp
Salt - a pinch 
Coconut Oil / Refined oil - for deep frying.

Method:

Wash and soak the rice in water for two hours. Grind the soaked rice in a thick consistency. Add nuts, raisins, coconut milk, sugar, cardamon powder and salt to the batter and mix well. keep this batter for 3 hrs.The batter should not be watery and should be Smooth without grains.




Heat oil in a kadai in medium flame. Pour a ladle full of batter into the hot oil. We Should not turn the appam upside down to cook. To cook the top part, with the help of a spoon, pour the hot oil from the kadai onto the top of the appam until it is cooked. The appam should be white in colour with a light brown bottom. When done remove from oil to an absorbent paper.



Kunji kalthappam ready....:)


Recipe Courtesy: Mrs.Prassana Sugathan (Amma)