Uniappam | How to Make Uniappam

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Uniappam is a regional recipe kerala, this is an instant snack with so many methods and variations. They shiny beauties are very yummy in taste. By its tradition uniappam carries various methods for every family.

Main ingredients are Raw rice, coconut and jaggery, these are the major taste making ingredients for the recipe. This time for the moth of September Ssshh cooking group was choose Kerala cuisines, and I got Paired with Sujata Roy, Writer of Batterupwithsujata. Sujataji’s page has so many recipe which covered various cuisines. She gave me Banana and Ginger powder as my secret ingredient. Well both are wonderful ingredients for Kerala cusisnes, though I have a Variation of uniappam in my page, I just want to try in a different method. In this recipe I have added some more ingredients for the extra touch.

Step by step instructions for Uniappam

Preparation

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Measure and take Rice and urad dhal in a mixing bowl

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Clean the Rice and urad dhal in running water, Soak them for 2 hours

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 Take 1/2 cup coconut bites, Cardamom, Banana in a mixer and ground to a paste.

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Add Jaggery, some portion of soaked rice and urad dhal to the mixer.

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 Ground to a fine paste, and set hem aside for 2-3 hours for marination.

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 Add enough milk and dilute the batter.

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 Add Ginger Powder, mix the batter and set aside.  

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Heat a pan with Ghee/Coconut oil fry the coconut bites

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Fry them till they turns golden brown

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Add the Fried coconuts and till seeds/Ellu/Seasame seeds to the batter and mix well, add the baking soda and mix well.

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Heat the ape pan, Grease them, now add slowly add the batter, drizzle with ghee/oil

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Cover the pan with a lid, flip and cook the uniappam till they turns golden brown.

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