Vellayappam without Coconut
By: Lissie
Website: http://saltandspice.org/
Rating
Rating: 1.5 / 5 stars - 6 vote(s).
Category: Vegetarian
Dish type: Main Dish
Key ingredients: rice flour, sugar, salt, rice flakes, poha
Time: Less than 30 minutes
Procedure:
Ingredients
Rice flour – 2 cups
Rice flakes/ Aval/ Poha – 1 cup
Sugar – 1 tbsp
Salt – to taste
Water – as required
Dry yeast – 1 tsp
Warm water – 1/2 cup
Sugar – 1 tsp
Oil – as required
Method
Add yeast and 1 tsp of sugar to the warm water. Mix well and keep covered for 15 minutes. Take a large vessel and add the rice flour to it. Grind the rice flakes to a fine paste in a mixie, adding enough water. Add this paste to the rice flour. Pour the yeast into it and make a batter of dosa/ pancake consistency by adding water. See that there are no lumps in the batter. Keep covered overnight or for 12 hrs. The next morning, add salt to the batter, mix well and keep covered for another half an hour. Heat an ‘appachatti’ or a small non-stick wok/ kadai and smear a little oil on it . Pour a large spoonful of batter and rotate the wok once. Cover with a lid and cook on a medium flame for about 3 minutes or till the appam is ready. Open the lid and transfer it to a plate. Repeat the same procedure with the rest of the batter. You can also serve Vellayappam with dhal, channa curry or vegetable kurma. Enjoy!
