India

Appam

Name: Appam
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 8 pieces
Cuisine: India
Ingredients: 300 g Rice; 200 ml Coconut milk; 100 g Cooked rice; 1 tsp Yeast or toddy; 1 tbsp Sugar; 1 tsp Salt

Fermented rice pancakes from Kerala

Appam is a bowl-shaped rice pancake from Kerala with a soft centre and crisp lacy edges.

The batter of rice and coconut milk is fermented and cooked in a special wok-shaped pan.

Servings8 pieces

Time40 min

LevelMedium

Ingredients

Rice300 g
Coconut milk200 ml
Cooked rice100 g
Yeast or toddy1 tsp
Sugar1 tbsp
Salt1 tsp

★ = available authentic in the Asia Boutique

Preparation

Soak the rice and grind it fine.
Mix with coconut milk, yeast and sugar into a batter.
Let it ferment for several hours.
Pour batter into a hot appam pan and swirl.
Cover and cook until the centre is set.

Make it original

Rice and coconut milk are in the Asia Boutique.

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