Appam With Rice Flour Recipe - 24 Mantra Organic

Before we get into the easy ways you can make appam at home, here is something you need to know about this delicious snack!

Appams are a speciality of the southern state of Kerala. Kerala is one of the few states in India that can boast of a truly varied cuisine that uses rice as a base ingredient.

A few of the more popular food items from Kerala that can be prepared with rice or rice flour are Idiappam, Appams, Unniappams, Puttu, and so many more. These food preparations are gaining more popularity in recent times due to a preference for gluten-free, vegan food.

Traditionally, Appams are made by using raw rice which is soaked for at least four to five hours before it is ground. The rice is crushed using coconut water and left to ferment overnight to make the batter soft. However, nowadays, rather than coconut milk, yeast or baking soda is used to ferment and make the batter soft.

So your next question will be – how to make appam with rice flour?

Don’t worry – here is your guide to making quick, delicious appams with half the effort you would usually need!

Easy Recipe For Appam With Rice Flour 
Appams are relatively easy to make, if you follow the recipe, especially if you are a beginner.

When making appam with rice flour, all you need is a deft hand and precise measure of ingredients to make it. You can check the original recipe here at Cooking and Me. When choosing ingredients to make appams, try to go for those that are organically grown as they are free of harmful chemicals. Not only do they protect your children and family members from cancer-causing pesticides, but they also hold better nutrition in the form of antioxidants.

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups of rice flour
3/4 teaspoon instant yeast
2 teaspoons of sugar
1 teaspoon of salt
1 cup of thick coconut milk
1 tablespoon of rice flour
1 cup of water

Method Of Preparation

1. Take the single tablespoon of rice flour and mix it with a cup of water in a pan. Ensure it is mixed well. Cook the mixture on a low to medium flame till the paste becomes thick and glossy.
2. Once you see a slightly shiny look to the dough, switch off the flame and set the pan aside.
3. Once the mixture has cooked down a bit, add the one and a half cups of rice flour, and the yeast and mix well. Mix with your fingertips to ensure that there are not many lumps.
4. Add a tablespoon of water, if you feel that the dough is too dry. The result should be a soft, thick dough.
5. Cover the dough and keep aside in a warm place. The dough needs to rest for at least 8 hours.
6. After 8 hours, add the coconut milk to the dough and mix well. Ensure that the milk and the flour mixture is well combined with no lumps.
7. To get the thin consistency of dosa batter, add water to dilute the mixture.
8. Add salt and sugar to flavour the appam batter. Keep aside for another 1 or 2 hours for the batter to ferment further.
9. In the end, the appam batter should bubble up and have a thin, flowing consistency.
10. Heat an appam pan on medium-high heat. Once the pan is hot, add about a ladle of the batter into the pan. Holding the pan by the handles and turning it in a circular motion. This ensures that the batter spreads along the sides to cook.
11. Cover the pan and cook till the appams start coming away from the pan at the sides. You might even see a light golden colour at the bottom of the appam.
12. Remove the appam from the pan gently.
13. Your simple appam with rice flour is ready to eat.

Tips For Making Appam With Rice Flour 

1. The consistency of the batter needs to be thin. If the batter is too thick, your appam will not get the authentic texture and taste.
2. The heat needs to be at a medium to medium-low. If the heat is too high, the thin edges will burn while the thick centre would be undercooked. The appam must be cooked consistently all over to maintain its excellent taste.
3. Appam with rice flour is an excellent choice for breakfast. If the preparations are made beforehand., the actual process becomes easy to manage. The batter mix for appam with rice flour can be made the previous night, with only the coconut milk to be added at the time of preparing the appams.
4. Although using homemade coconut milk is preferable, if it is unavailable, you can use the readymade coconut milk to prepare appam with rice flour. 5. Do not forget to add the sugar. Appams has a slightly sweet taste which is derived from a combination of sugar and coconut milk. Additionally, the yeast in the batter is activated by the sugar.
6. Unlike other crepe preparations, do not heavily oil the pan. It causes the batter to slip back down to the base. This will not give you authentic appams – either in taste or texture.
7. In case you don’t have yeast, don’t worry. Allow the batter to ferment the previous night without the yeast. The next morning, along with the salt and sugar, add a quarter teaspoon of baking soda. Once mixed, allow the batter to rest for around 2 hours. The batter will bubble up, and your appam with rice flour batter is ready to use.

Conclusion 
So here is your extremely simple appam with rice flour recipe. Pair these appams with the traditional Kerala vegetable stew for a truly unforgettable eating experience.

Appam with rice flour is one of the traditional recipes of India. If you want to experience Kerala on a plate, then this appam is the right choice to make your taste buds sing!

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