Nei appam

Nei Appam

Appam or nei appam is a delicious neivediyam or for festivals like Krishna Jayanthi , for invoking blessings from Lord Krishna in the infant form on the evening of KrishnaJayanthi .On the auspicious ocassion of Janmaashtami we fry these sweet delicacies in ghee . Nei Appam is a famous Kerala sweet and also prepared for Avani Avittam , Karthigai Deepam and other important Hindu Tamil festivals . Nei Appam also makes a delcious evening snacks for the young and old alike .

Delicious ghee appam for festivals or for anytime snacking .

Ingredients

1 cup raw rice washed and soaked for 6 hours

1 cup jaggery and syrup prepared after filtering

3-4 tbsp finely chopped coocnut pieces

and fried in ghee

1-2 bananas chopped

ghee for the appam karal

1/2 tsp black sesame seeds

pinch of ginger powder

pinch of cardamom powder

1 tbsp wheat flour

Method

Grind rice to fine paste, with the jaggery syrup add bananas to paste and grind well , dont add water but use the jaggery syrup to grind with .

Add 1 tbsp wheat flour to the batter . mix well .

After making the appam batter , add the sesame seeds , cardamom powder, ginger powder , fried coconut pieces

Allow batter to rest for at least 2 hours, then add ghee to the paniyaram pan ( appam pan )

Add batter in each well of the appam pan . cook both sides till done , remove and place on a kitchen napkin to drain excells ghee .

cardamom powder , salt , ginger powder, sesame seeds , fried coconut bits

Karthigai adai

Karthigai neivediyam

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