Unniyappam

Unniyappam

Recipe Cuisine: Indian| Recipe Category: Sweets

Prep Time: 5 mins | Cook time: 20 mins| Author: Rasmi Menon

Today’s recipe is an authentic version of making Unniyappam.

Ingredients

Raw rice/Pachari-1 cup

Small banana-3 to 4 (you can use Robusta banana also, but a medium ripe one )

Jaggery-5 to 6 pcs

Cardamom Powder-1/4 tsp

Black sesame seeds-1tsp

Coconut bits-1tsp

Salt a pinch

Coconut oil as required

Ghee-1tsp

Water as required

Preparation

· Wash and soak rice in water for 4 to 6 hours.

· Boil ½ cup of water in a vessel and add jaggery to it. Heat on medium flame until the Jaggery is completely melted.

· Let it cool down and strain jaggery syrup through a strainer ·Then grind the rice by adding small amount of water. Now add bananas and jaggery syrup to it and grind to a fine batter (not too fine).

·The consistency of the batter should be like dosa batter consistency. Keep it idle for 8 hours or overnight.

· Fry the coconut bits in ghee until it turns golden brown and add coconut bits, cardamom powder and black sesame seeds to the batter.

·Heat coconut oil in appakara/paniyaram pan (special pot to make sweet ball to get the perfect shape) or we can make it in a normal pan too...but the shape will be different.

·         Pour 1 or 2 tsp of batter to the pot and cook it on a medium flame.

·         When the bottom gets brown colour, turn it and cook the other side.

·         Always cook it in a low or medium flame.

Authentic Unniyappams are ready to serve.

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