Vellayappam

Yum

Ingredients:
2 cups + 1Tbsp.          -        Roasted rice flour
1/2 cup                       -        Warm water
1/2 tsp.                       -        Dry instant yeast
1 cup                          -       Grated Coconut
1 Tbsp.                       -        Sugar
1+ 1/2 Cup                  -       Water
Salt to taste

Method:

1. Dissolve yeast and sugar in 1/2 cup of lukewarm water and leave it for about 30 mins. until it rises.
2. Mix 1 Tbsp. of rice flour  in 1 cup of boiling water and keep stirring for a few minutes until creamy. Set aside to cool.
3. Add this cooled mixture along with the fermented yeast, grated coconut and salt to the remaining rice flour and grind well in a mixer by gradually adding 1/2 cup of water.(Make sure the consistency of the batter is a bit thick like a idlli batter)
4. Pour the batter in a vessel that can hold twice the batter's amount and leave it to rise for about 8 hrs. in a warm place.
5. After it has risen well. Heat a pan on medium flame stir and pour one ladle of the batter onto the pan and spread lightly. Cook both the sides until light brown and serve.

Kerala Palappam

Yum

Ingredients:


 2 cups Rice Flour
 2 tablespoon Semolina 
 2 cups Medium coconut milk 
 1 cup Thick coconut milk 
1/2 teaspoon Yeast 
 1/2 teaspoon Sugar 
 2 glass Water 
Salt according to taste

Method:

1. Add 2 glasses of water to semolina & cook. Cook until it becomes loose. Keep aside to cool. 
2. Add 1/4 cup lukewarm water to 1/2 teaspoon yeast & sugar and mix well.Allow it to rise. 
3. Take 2 cups of rice flour in a bottom deep vessel. Add the cooked semolina and mix well. Add the yeast & sugar mix and mix well. Add the medium thick coconut milk little by little. Mix well. Keep it overnight. (Do not keep it in fridge)
4. Next day morning,first mix the batter well and add the thick coconut milk little by little. The batter will be thin. Add salt & sugar to taste.
5.  Heat Appachatti ( Appam Kadai) and pour one small ladle of batter into it & rotate the appachatti and make sure that the batter is spread in a circular form. Cover & cook. 
6. Once the middle portion is cooked, remove from fire. Serve hot with Chicken curry or your favourite dish.