Aapam-Coconut Milk

This is a repost from my first blog post which was long long ago.Rethinking, it is actually not so long ago.Its just that I took a short break soon after my blog start ..crazy me !!!!

The reason for the repost being the combo event by Pari

Coming to the combo-Aapam and Coconut milk,isnt that a lovely one?. Infact I'm going to make that tonight :D

Ingredients

• 1 cup of boiled rice
• 1 cup of raw rice
• 1 cup of grated coconut(Can be replaced by shredded coconut)
• 1tsp of urad dal
• 1tsp of fenugreek seeds(vendhayam)
• Crystal Salt
• Baking soda(Soda uppu)

Pre-cooking

• Soak all the ingredients with the grated coconut for nearly 4-5 hours.

Method

• Grind the mixture to a nearly smooth batter,little bit coarse is fine.
• The consistency should be between idli and dosa batter.
• Add the salt and keep it for fermentation.
• After the batter is fermented , this could take overnight, add the baking soda and mix thoroughly.
• Take the appam pan , grease it with oil using a paper towel or cloth and pour the batter.
• Spread it such that it is thin in the edges and thicker in the middle.
• Keep in medium flame and cover the lid.
• After a few minutes open it once and check if the sides are roasted.
• Once the sides are roasted and the center portion is cooked your aapam is ready !

Coconut Milk


Ingredients

• 1/2 coconut
• jaggery or sugar to taste(I used jaggery)
• Cardamon

Method

• 
  
  Grate the coconut and add it to the blender/mixie with little water.
• Mash it well,take out and extract the juice.
• Put in the smashed coconut again into the blender with water and extract the juice again.
• Repeat this process 2  times to get the coconut milk.
• Take the required amount of jaggery and smash it into fine powder. 
• Add this to the coconut milk and mix well until all lumps are gone. 
• If you are using sugar you can add just like adding sugar to any milk. 
• Finally peel cardamon and add it to the mixture.

Tips

• If your batter is thin you will not be able to get proper aapams.