NEI APPAM, SWEET APPAM,

Nei appam is the favourite dish of my husband. My father used to make such lovely appam for marriages and all, we can see the honeycomb type texture in it and lasts for a longer period than what we make normally.  My sister in law Uma is also expert in making soft appams.  My husband always praise her appams and whenever she makes it, a share used to reach our home for him.

Nei appam is made with rice, jaggery and coconut bits, if you like.  It is a delicious sweet variety any time, anyone can have it and can make instantly too provided you have rice powder with you.

It is made for most of the festival specially for Karthigai deepam.

Let us have a look at the recipe now:

Ingredients:

• 1 cup rice
• 1 to  1 1/2 cup jaggery (buy the appam jaggery)depending upon the sweetness required.
• 2 tbsp coconut bits(optional)
• 1/4 tsp cardamom powder
• 1 fully ripe banana (robusta or 2 elaichi kela)
• a pinch of salt (I used to put)
• ghee and oil for making appam.

Method:

• wash and soak the rice for half an hour.
• melt the jaggery with little water and remove the impurities.
• grind the rice to a smooth paste
• add the jaggery syrup, crushed banana, cardamom powder and grind again.
• transfer it in a vessel and add the coconut bits and mix well.
• the batter should be in a pouring consistency/dosa batter consistency.
• smear the appakkaral / paniyaram pan it is called  with sesame seed oil.
• applying sesame seed oil ensure that it does not stick to the groove.
• pour ghee and oil (50:50 ratio)

• when the oil/ghee mixture  is hot, pour laddleful of batter in it.
• ensure that it does not come out of the  groove. 
• allow to cook the same. 
• with a spoon just check the sides of the appam whether it is leaving the sides of the groove.
• flip over to cook the other side too.
• when you insert the skewer, if it comes out clean, it is cooked
• remove all the appam and keep in paper towel to remove excess oil.
• enjoy the appam.

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Note:  If you are using rice powder, add water and soak it for 10 minutes.
If you keep the batter for few hours i.e. overnight, it comes out so soft.
My sister in law makes it immediately.
In case if it does not come out nicely if the jaggery is more, then you can add little bit wheat flour in it.