Today I am going to share the secret of traditional Kerala Snack 'Unni Appam' or 'Karol Appam'.

Unni appam resembles small pancakes.
You can find the recipe  anywhere on Internet and many might have  succeeded in making these delicious and healthy dumplings.

But this is my recipe;after desperately  trying to bring back the taste of Unni appam that my Grand Mother (we call her Ammamma) used to make for us,children.She didn't know how to show her love for us,but with the taste of her special snacks, her love was conveyed to us.

I am sure it is impossible to recreate the same taste,since that special "kaipunyam" ended with her demise.
(Kaipunyam is a Malayalam word which  means 'having gifted hands')


So let's  try to bring back that taste... nostalgic to many of you ,today..

Ingredients
Raw rice -2 cups
Jaggery-200g
Banana-1 no
Plain Flour-2tbsp
Ghee-1tbsp
Black sesame seeds-2tsp
Coconut pieces-2tbsp
Method of preparation
Soak rice for 5-6 hrs.

Melt Jaggery into a thick liquid.

Grind together, rice and this liquid Jaggery (1tbsp at a time).When it's almost done ,add in banana and grind well.( need to add extra water,only if you feel that melted Jaggery is not enough)

Finally add in the flour and mix well to get a smooth batter of Idly batter consistency .
Heat ghee and fry coconut pieces and sesame seeds.And pour these along 
with the ghee to the batter.Mix well and keep aside for 4-5 hrs.
Now take a Karol (is the mould used to fry this snack) or you can even use Pancake griddle for this .
Pour oil into the holes and make fluffy tasty and more over, very  healthy Unni Appam.
Thanks for reading..!
Please try this and tell me how you find this simple yet healthy snack!

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Ingredients
Fine Rice flour--1 1/2 cups
Yeast- 1/2 tsp dry yeast
Coconut milk- 2-21/2 cups.
salt-2 pinches
Sugar-2 tbsp
Cooked rice-2 tbsp
Grated Coconut -2 tbsp
Method of preparation
1. Take  2 tbsp Luke warm water,add sugar and dry yeast.Keep aside for 5 minutes .When it becomes frothy,add this to a blender along with rice flour,salt and 2 tbsp sugar.Add enough coconut milk and blend well.Add cooked rice and coconut into this and grind in to a fine batter.Consistency should be thinner than dosa batter,not too watery.Keep aside for 5-6 hours or until it gets fermented.

Now,heat *Appam griddle.Keep it in simmer and add 1 big ladleful of batter.Swirl it and cook appam closing the lid.After swirling the griddle ,keep it on medium flame.
Serve Appam with egg roast/Chicken Mappas/Veg Stew.

ENJOY!
* Appam griddle--for those who are not familiar with this,pls check it out here.

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