Appam / Lotus Appam / Aappam recipe

Appam:
    Appam with coconut milk is my family all time favourite recipe. My kids like this appam very much. If i put for appam they will ask even for lunch with sweet coconut milk. But i like channa dal curry with this appam , i don't know why but like my mil's preparation of channa dal curry with the appam.
Many use to add yeast for the appam , but i had never used this yeast or baking soda for the appam instead i use one natural secret which i learnt from my mil.Now let us see how to make soft and lacy appam.

Ingredients:

1. Raw rice (pacharisi) - 1 cup
2. Par-Boiled rice(puzhungal arisi) - 1 cup
3. Urad dhal - 1/8 cup
4. Fenugreek seeds (vendhayam) - 1 tsp

While Grinding:

1. Coconut grated - 1 cup
2. Boiled Rice - 1 cup

For Adding :

1. Coconut Water - 1 cup
2. Sugar - 1 tsp

Other Ingredients:

1. Salt- as required
2. Sugar -2 tsp

Method:

Read Carefully the method for making soft appam

• Take coconut water and add sugar in it and close with a tight lid and keep it aside..(I use to do this at morning 8 am, also cook rice and keep it aside to cool since we need boiled rice it should not be hot so do this cooking of rice at morning itself).
• Wash raw rice, par- boiled rice urad dhal and fenugreek seeds and soak it for atleast 2 hrs.(Do this at 10 am)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

Do this process at 12 am.

• After 2 hrs add the soaked rice ,dhal and fenugreek seeds in the mixer jar and grind it to a batter consistency (not to be too thick), by adding coconut and sugar added water.
  
  
  
• Like wise grind the grated coconut and boiled and cooled rice and grind it to a fine paste and add it to the batter.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Mix well with the hand.
• Keep it aside for atleast 8 hrs for fermentation process.
  
  
  
  

After 8 hrs:

• Add 2 tsp of sugar and required amount of salt to the batter ,heat appam kadai and pour one full laddle of appam batter and twist and roll the kadai to make a round appam. 
  
  
  
  
  
  
   
  
  
  
  
• Srpinkle some oil/ghee and close with the lid, meanwhile the stove should be in low medium flame.
• After few min open the lid and take the appam out, need not want to flip over the appam for the other side to cook it will be cooked by the vapour since we close the kadai with the lid.
  
• Now our appam is ready to serve.
  

For Lotus appam see the picture demonstration and follow...

• Here also we are going to twist with the hand but to make a floral design rotate up and down, left and right, front and back like wise...
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Now our lotus appam is ready to serve.
• Serve the appam with sweet Coconut Milk.