Aappam

Ingredients:

Raw rice  - 200 grm

Cooked rice – 50 grm

Grated coconut -  1/4 cup.

Coconut water – 1 cup

Salt  - to taste

Sugar  - 1 tsp

Baking soda – ¼ tsp

Method:

Soak the rice for 2 hours.

Grind the rice, cooked rice and coconut  into a smooth batter add salt ,sugar and coconut water then mix well and leave it overnight.

Just before preparing appam add a pinch of Baking soda.

Heat a non-stick pan. Pour a ladle of batter in the center and holding the pan with both hands try to spread the batter.

Reduce the heat and keep it covered for 2 minutes.

Appam is ready and serve it with Coconut milk, Channa curry.

Paal Kanji (Ulunthu Kanji)

Ingredients:

Rice -2 cup

Urid dal - 3/4 cup

Salt to taste

Garlic pods -4

Fenugreek- 1 tsp

Pepper – 1 tsp

Cuminseed – 1 tsp

Curry leaves - Few

Coconut Milk (or) Boiled milk – 1 cup

Method:

Cook all the ingredients except coconut milk in pressure cooker till done.

Then add Coocnut milk or milk .

Serve hot with any pickles and coconut thuvayal.

Adai Dosai

To grind:

Idly rice -200 grm

Thoor dhal -100 grm

Channa dhal -100 grm

Urid dhal -50 grm
Ginger - 1 inch
Dry red chilli - 5
Asafoetida - a pinch
Turmeric powder - a pinch
Salt - required

To temper:

Oil - 1 tbsp
mustard seeds – 1 tsp

Big onion – 2 nos (chop finely)

Green chillies -2 nos

curry leaf - few

Method:

Wash and soak the rice , thoor dhal, channa dhal, urid dhal.
Grind soaked items along with red chilli, ginger, asafetida and turmeric powder.

Heat a pan with oil and add mustard seed then add the chopped onion , chopped green chilli, curry leaves and fry .

Then add this tempering to adai dosa batter and finally add salt and shredded coconut.
Heat a dosa pan and coat it with a little sesame oil and pour the batter and flib it both sides.

Adai dosai is ready!

Serve with Coconut chutney or aviyal.