February 27, 2016

Aapam, a Ttamil Nadu recipe


Ingredients needed to prepare Aapam
500 grams Boiled rice
2 tbsps black gram
1 tsp fenugreek seeds
1/2 cup thich fresh curd
2 tbsps a day old cooked rice ( left over )
salt to taste

How to prepare Aapam?
soak the rice and the black gram with the fenugreek seeds seperately for 8 to 12 hours.
Grind the black gram first and when the batter is soft enough add the cooked rice and the curd and grind it very smoothly. Remove.
Then grind the boiled rice separately to a fine consistency.
Mix both the batters nicely and keep aside to ferment overnight.
In the morning you can make fresh aappams.
In the Thanjavur side the accompaniment will be vellappaagu and thick coconut milk.
While serving pour first vellappaagu / jaggery syrup over the hot aappam and then pour coconut milk according to our taste.
Some people enjoy the aappams with mutton stew or vegetable korma with coconut milk.

Recipe - Mano Swaminathan

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