Nei Appam is a delicious jaggery-based sweet, rice cake that's fried in ghee and hence the name. It combines the yumminess of coconut, banana, jaggery and cardamom to create a bite-sized dessert that will have you popping it in by the dozen.
Girijapaati's Nei Appam recipe is so simple to make, you won't believe it till you try it.
Serves 4
Ingredients:
- Raw Rice - 250gms
- Jaggery - 125gms
- Coconut - finely chopped - 35 gms
- Banana - 150 gms - 2 small bananas
- Cardamom - 10 pods
- Ghee - to fry
- Water - as required
Method:
- Soak raw rice in water for about 30 minutes and then grind to a fine batter.
- Break up the banana into large chunks and add it into the batter, along with jaggery and blend.
- Crush cardamom seeds with the skin and add, along with the coconut. Mix well, till evenly combined.
- Add ghee into each of the cups in the appam pan.
- Once the ghee is hot, drop a ladle of batter into each cup.
- When the appams are half cooked, flip over and allow to cook evenly on the other side.
- Remove from the pan and serve with love.
Chewy, sweet Nei Appam, eaten late in the night over a family bonding session, is the best way to spend an evening after a festive celebration.
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