Unique-yappam
Golden fried balls of rice, sugar, banana and jaggery.
Servings Prep Time
4 360minutes
Cook Time
20minutes
Servings Prep Time
4 360minutes
Cook Time
20minutes
Ingredients
Instructions
  1. Rinse and soak rice in water for around 4-5 hours.
  2. Drain the water and grind it to a semi coarse batter.
  3. Grind the bananas into thin paste.
  4. Add the melted jaggery (strain it, if it has impurities) to the ground banana and make it into a fine paste.
  5. Mix together rice batter, maida and banana-jaggery paste well.
  6. Add water consistently, to make a semi thick batter with dropping consistency.
  7. Fry the coconut bits in the ghee and keep it aside.
  8. Add the fried coconut bits, sesame seeds, cardamom powder and baking soda to the batter.
  9. Let it sit for 30-45 minutes.
  10. Heat oil in paniyaram pan/ appam maker, and when the oil is hot, lower the flame to medium.
  11. Drop tablespoons of batter to the pan and fill the hollows up to a little more than ¾th full.
  12. When the bottom turns a golden-brown, turn the unniyappam with a spoon and cook the other side.
  13. Once cooked, remove and drain on a kitchen towel.
  14. Serve.