Appam

Appam is very simple and common breakfast or dinner

 There are so many variations in the batter.

Method 1

Ingredients

2 cups raw rice

A pinch sugar

Salt to taste

oil for greasing 

1 Pack Eno or a pinch baking soda (optional) 

  

Method

 Soak raw rice for 3 hours.

Grind to a smooth paste.

Take one ladle of batter, add one glass of water and mix well.

Cook this like kanji (Porridge) and allow to cool.

Add this  and salt to the batter mix well, keep aside for 10 hours for fermentation.

Add sugar  and Eno or baking soda  just before preparing.

Heat a non stick pan, grease oil, pour the batter and spread clock wise slowly.

Close it with lid, cook in low flame.

Cook for 4 to 5 minutes, when the center part is cooked well and fluffy remove it from the pan.

Cook only one side. 

Ready to serve hot appam. 

Goes well with Vegetable stew / coconut milk / any Vegetable Kurma

Method 2

Regular dosa batter add baking powder or Eno before preparing appam.

Method and all same as above.

Method 3

2 cups raw rice 

2 tbsp poha

1 tbsp urad dhal

Baking soda a pinch

¼ tsp sugar

oil for greasing 

salt to taste

Soak rice, poha, urad dhal together for 3 hours and grind to a smooth paste.

Add baking soda a pinch before preparing appam.

Remaining  method same as above.

  

Method 4

Ingredients

2 cups raw rice 

½ Cup cooked rice 

¼ cup grated coconut

1 tsp Sugar 

½ tsp Yeast 

Salt to taste

 Soak the raw rice for 3 hours and then grind it along with cooked rice and coconut.

Mix the yeast, sugar, salt in lukewarm water and add this  to the batter.

Remaining method same as above.

Method 5

2 cups raw rice

2 bread slices (remove sides)

½ cup tender coconut

¼ cup cooked  rice

¼ tsp dry yeast

A pinch sugar

Oil for greasing the pan

Grind above all ingredients and mix well.

Add a little lukewarm water, sugar, salt and yeast and mix well.

set aside for 10 hours.

Reaming procedure same as above.

I tried all the above methods. I prefer method 1 & 2 

You can choose your own method.

Inserted of baking soda we can use Eno also.

If you don't want to use either you can avoid both.