Instant Wheat Appam
Instant Wheat Appam is a traditional deep fried South-Indian sweet made using whole wheat flour (atta), jaggery and banana
Ingredients
- 1 cup Jaggery
- 1 cup Whole Wheat Flour
- 2 tbsp Rice Flour
- 2 Small Bananas Ripe
- 2 tbsp Finely Chopped Coconut Pieces
- 1 tsp Cardamom Powder
- Baking Soda a large pinch
- Oil for deep frying
- 1-2 tbsp Ghee
- ¾ cup Water
Instructions
- Take one cup of shredded jaggery and add half a cup of hot water. Let it rest for few minutes until the jaggery dissolves.
- Filter the Jaggery.
- To the filtered jaggery syrup, add wheat flour, rice flour, mashed bananas, finely chopped coconut pieces, cardamom powder.
- Mix well using your hand till there are no lumps.
- Now add some water to adjust the consistency.
- Finally add a pinch of baking soda and mix well. The batter must just have a dropping consistency.
- Heat oil in a kadai and add 1-2 tablespoon Ghee.
- Using a small round ladle, gently pour the batter in oil. Cook on medium flame throughout.
- Flip the Appam, once it starts floating.
- Cook until it is golden brown. Drain Appam on a paper towel.
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Notes
- Make use of ripe bananas for this recipe. Here I have made use of two small bananas. If you are using a larger variety, you can use upto 1 banana.
- Rice flour is added to give a crisp crust.
- Cook on medium flame so that the Appams are well cooked from inside.
- A pinch of baking soda helps in making Appam fluffy.
- Appam continue to change colour once taken from hot oil. So do not wait until it turns fully brown in oil.
- Deep frying works best for this recipe. However you can make this in Appe pan as well.