Showing posts with label South Indian Dishes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label South Indian Dishes. Show all posts

Friday 10 April 2020

I for Idiyappam

I for Idiyappam





Continuing with the list of regional dishes, now I move to the letter I.

And when we think of food from I , the first thing that comes to our mind is the most common working lunch / snacks prevalent across India - Idli Sambhar. Nice taste, light  & healthy food, no use of oil served with Sambhar and south indian coconut chutney . You can go for  it any time. 

The second common in this is the North Indian famous sweet - Imarti.  And you  would start craving for it the moment you think of it. So in the Corona affected lockdown period , you can try making it at home or its simper version Jalebi.

But here we would talk about Idiyappam,  another rice based dish from South India. Idiyappam is enjoyed across Kerala, Sri Lanka & even in Tamil Nadu. 

Idiyappam  or String Hoppers is an easy to make delicious, steamed rice noodle.  It is made instantly from rice flour,and is enjoyed with Veg Kurma / Sambhar / and sweetened coconut milk in breakfast or at dinner.

Ingredients 

Rice floor - 2 cup
Oil - 3 tbsp
Water - 2 cup
Salt as per taste 

Preparation

Add 2 tbsp oil to the water and boil. Once it boils, put of the flame . We will use this boiled 
water to knead the rice floor.

In a separate bowl, take rice flour add salt and mix well. Slowly add the hot water little by
little and mix. When all floor is mixed with water adding water slowly and no more water is
required, knead it properly to make a non sticky dough.

Tale an Idiyappam press, grease it from inside , put a portion of the dough in the press. 

Grease the steamer plate and press the idiyappam dough onto the steamer plate slowly.
Steam the idiyappam for about 5 mins or until cooked. Let it cool a bit, take from the 
steamer plate and transfer to a serving plate. ( Alternatively you can press the idiyappam
on idli stand and steam. )

                       


Serve hot and enjoy with spicy veg kurma (seasonal vegetable or simply veg used in mix
veg made in coconut paste & cashew paste) or  sweetened coconut milk or sambhar.






Aditya Sinha
10.042020


Tuesday 31 March 2020

A - Appam from Kerala



Regional Cuisine ….

Let's start with A.




#AtoZChallenge 2020 Blogging from A to Z Challenge letter A
There are lots of regional dishes starting with A with. From different places across India and mouth licking tastes.

In my posts earlier I have written about Aligarh Kachauri. You would love to enjoy this as the morning breakfast anywhere in Aligarh from the state of UP famous for its AMU.

Another mouth watering street food was from a small tehsil in UP Atrauli Alu Chhat. Enjoy These.

Desserts from Apple are also interesting and tasty dishes like Apple Pie, Apple Anchar, Jam , Juice etc.

But for my A to Z post I would talk about the famous dish from Kerala - Appam. 
Appam is a pancake enjoyed with Chatney & sauce. Appam, though originally is from Kerala, it  is enjoyed across south India in breakfast or dinner. It also forms a part of  regular dish in Sri Lanka.

You would find many videos & recipe on the internet for this dish. But just to refresh enjoy it here as well.

Ingredients :

Rice - 1 cup
Cooked Rice 1/2 cup
Fresh Coconut 1/2 cup / Coconut Milk 1/2 Cup
Yeast 1/2 tea spoon
Salt - as per taste
Sugar - 1 tsp
baking Soda - 1 pinch
Oil for oiling of Pan - 4- 5 Tb spoon


Preparation - 
A. - Preparing Batter :
1. Soak Rice in water for three to four hours
2. Drain Water.
3. Add  1/2 cup cooked rice to strained soaked rice
4. Add 1/2 Cup Coconut Milk
5. Make a paste of above mixture in a mixie.


B. - Preparing Yeast for Fermentation : 
1. Take 1/2 tea spoon dry yeast in a bowl
2. Add 1/2 teas spoon Sugar
3. Add 1 cup Luke warm water and mix well.
4. Add a pinch of floor , mix.
5. Cover with a plate and leave for 10 mins for froth to develop.

C. - Fermentation : 
1. Take the froth developed yeast solution after 10 mins and mix with the batter. 
2. Add salt as per taste and leave for 3 -4 hrs to ferment.

D. - Making Appam : 
1. Take the fermented batter and check for consistency it should be loose as to flow on its own.
2. If thick add water and make it free flow as in dosa/ chila batter.
3. Add a pinch of Baking Powder and mix
4. Low heat a Non Stick Kadhai. grease with Oil
5. Pour two servers (with kalchhun) ofAppam batter in the center . Rotate Kadhai so as to spread the batter so that it would take a bowl shape . The edges would be thinner and the center thick. Cover the Pan and let it cook on slow flame .
The edges would start turning crisp and leave the kadhai. Put some oil on the edges with the help of brush to ease crisping. Once crisp ( in 2-3 mins) take out the Appam . Appam is ready - Crispat edges, soft at center. Serve along with Hara Dhania & Cocunut Chatney and sauce.



Relish.

Aditya Sinha

01.04.2020