Monday, October 1, 2012

Vellayappam or Palappam


“learning doesn't happen from failure itself but rather from analyzing the failure”
After days of trial and error I made it today…. 


Items required....

Rice - 1 cups
Water - One and a half cup
Coconut(grated) – 1/2 cup
Coconut water – ¼ cup
Cooked rice - 1/2 cup
yeast – 10 granules
Sugar – 3 tea spoon 

1. Soak washed raw rice in water for 4 hours.
2. Grind rice with coconut , cooked  rice, grated Coconut, Coconut water, yeast, Sugar  and   water. 
3. Keep the batter for 4-5 hours refrigerator and  after that keep in room temperature for 5-6 hours.
4. Next day add salt to the fermented batter and mix it lightly.
5. Heat the vellayappm pan or a thick bottomed pan with a lid. 
6. Add 1 large round spoon of batter when pan is hot , and swirl around the pan
7. close the lid and cook at lower temperature.