How to make Unniappams
Ingredients needed
Raw Rice – 1 cup
Jaggery -1 cup + 2 tbsp
Banana – 1 (medium size)
Cardamom powder – a generous pinch
Coconut bits -3 tbsp
Roasted Sesame seeds – 1/2 tsp
Cooking soda – a pinch
Oil and ghee for cooking appams
Paniyaram pan or appa chatti
Preparation
Wash and soak rice overnight or for 5-6 hours.
Method
When the bottom starts browning, flip it over to the other side with a spoon or a skewer.
Let the other side get cooked uncovered until golden brown. Once cooked, remove and drain on a kitchen towel.
Repeat the same process for the rest of the batter.
Note- You will get soft unniyappams only if rice is soaked for so long and fermented.
Method 2 (Instant version)
Rice flour – 1 cup
Wheat flour -1/4 cup
Jaggery – 1 1/4 cup
Coconut bits – 1/4 cup
Banana -1 medium size
Cardamom powder – 1/4 tsp
Cooking soda – a pinch
Oil + ghee mix for frying
Appam chatti
Preparation
Fry coconut bits in 2 tsp of ghee and keep it aside.
Heat 1/4 cup of water and dissolve jaggery in it. Filter it to remove impurities.Keep this ready.
Method
In a bowl, mix together rice flour and wheat flour.
Add chopped banana to it and mash it well.
Add warm jaggery to the above mixture.
Then add fried coconut bits, cardamom powder,cooking soda and mix well.This is the unniyappam batter.
Follow the same method as given in the first recipe for preparing unniappams.
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sounds delicious!
never tasted this in my life ! i need to try on this ! lovely lamp 🙂
Love this one.. Great take aways when u leave town for a long while..
neyappam looks perfect and delicious
looks yummy n delicious…
Looks delicious Padhu.
Lovely….which mallu will forget these unni's
Thanks for a yummy receipie
Nice,delicious appams…
hi should i grind the rice, banana & jaggery together n leave it for fermentation or i will grinding the rice n jaggery together n add banana only before frying unniappams?
Can i use palm jaggery (Karupetti) instead of jaggery??
Anitha -For the first method -Grind rice alone and leave it for fermentation, then add jaggery, banana and other ingredients at the time of making unniappams. You can add palm jaggery though I have not tried it.
They look great! Do they need refrigeration or can they be kept outside for a couple of days?
Yes, they can be kept outside for a day or two – not more than that.
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1 cup means how much in grams for rice…..
I use standard measuring cups for all my recipes.Check my measuring spoons and cups
If we don't have the appam pan can cook in Tawa or thosaikkal
Going to try this tomorrow 🙂 Should I leave the rice batter for fermentation in the fridge? I may have to grind rice in morning and make in evening.