A - Appam from Kerala

Regional Cuisine ….

Let's start with 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

The Regional Cuisines of India - Regional Dishes

Theme Reveal 2020 - Indian Regional Cuisine.

India is a country, rightly said, that depicts unity in diversity. Think of  a characteristics and you would end up counting tens and twenties of each. Be it language, food,  culture, dress and you name anything - you would find it changing in perhaps every few kms .With its vast expanse and rich cultural heritage, it equally stores a variety of regional cuisines totally different from each other but equally delicious.

So this becomes the essence of my theme for this years "A to Z Challenge" on my blog Regional Cuisine- The Regional Cuisines of India and I would highlight Regional Dishes.

In the past I took this challenge twice. In 2015 I wrote travelogue - all about Himachal Reflections from Adi - A to Z Challenge and made you travel throughout HP - the hill state of India. In 2016 I took two writings each day - One was my poetic journey Reflections on A to Z 2016 - Let the Soul Pour and the other was Festivals of India Reflections on A to Z 2016 - Festivals of India. 

So now, stay with me - and this year enjoy four blogs each day. This one would be a food blog. The Others would be my favourite - A poetic journey both in English & Hindi. And there would be a fiction - Learnings of life - 5 Sentence Fiction. Theme Reveal 2020 - Life just in 5 Sentences.

So - Just stay glued.

Aditya Sinha

26.03.2020

Choose the best RO water purifier - Enjoy tempting food and healthy living !

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For more details you may visit Livpure website where you get RO water purifier price and its various benefits in order to compare the features and choose the right RO UV water purifier for your home.  Look for the nearest Livpure store and have happy shopping !

Aditya Sinha