Monday, October 10, 2011

My 150th post celebration with 'Tasty Neiyappams'

There cannot be a better way to celebrate the 150th post other than this delicious, mouth watering sweet.  Neiyappams are a delight to prepare as well as devour.   It is not very sweet and the texture makes you crave for more.  No one can stop with just one.  I recall my grandmother preparing tins full of these keeping it ready for us during our vacation to her place.  The rich golden brown color would give us a detailed account how patiently it was prepared in medium  heat.  I recently brought back my grandma's 'Appakaaral'  (the mould which is used to make appam).  This is a very old one and used by generations.  Glad to have it with me.  The mould is made of bell metal, heavy , quite deep and hence the appams are quite big and looks beautiful.  Because of its heaviness, there is less risk of it being tilted during the process and the heat is also uniformly distributed.

Ingredients:

Raw rice - 1 cup
Jaggery - 3/4 cup
Ripe banana - 1/2
Shredded coconut - 3 tbsp
Cardamom powder - 1/2 tsp
Ghee

Soak raw rice for almost two hours.  Soak the jaggery in 1/4 cup water.  Once the jaggery is fully dissolved in water, sieve it for impurities.  Grind together the soaked rice, banana  with the jaggery water to a fine batter.  The batter should be of semi-flowing consistency (like dosa batter).  Add cardamom and shredded coconut to the batter. 

Place the 'appa kaaral' on the gas and pour  1/2 tsp of ghee in each depression.  Once the ghee is heated up (not smoky), pour ladle full of the batter into each mould.  The batter should fill up to the brim of the mould.  Allow it to cook gently in medium heat and when the bottom sides have begun to brown, gently turn it over so that the top portion is also cooked.  Once both the sides are evenly rich golden brown in color,  remove from the mould with the help of skewers and drain the excess ghee by resting in paper towels.  Allow it to cool and the appams are ready to be served.

Neiyappams usually have a semi-hard texture, I wonder if there is any combination with which Neiyappams can be enjoyed which is otherwise eaten as it is.

'The two biggerst sellers in the bookstores are the 'cook books' and the 'diet books'.  The cook books tell you how to prepare the food and the diet books tell you how not to eat any of it ' - Andy Rooney

27 comments:

  1. The neiyappams looks very cute - almost like gulab jamoons - i think I can serve my son some of these, its definitely healthier than deep frying foods :)

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  2. Congrats on 150th post and wishing you many more.....

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  3. Congrats on ur 150th post, neiyappams looks super tempting and tasty..

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  4. Congrats on your milestone. Nice n delicious neiyappams.

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  5. Wow congrats for ur 150th post dear,way to go...delicious appams,luks so tempting...

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  6. Congrats on your 150 posts and nei appams looks tempting! Wish I could have some!

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  7. Yum...looks delicious...congrats on 150th post

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  8. unniyappams look perfect..delicious!!one of my fav..
    Congrats on your 150th post !!

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  9. congrats on 150th post,appam looks so soft n tasty!!

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  10. Congrats Ms. Chitchat. looking forward for many such 150's.
    Love Ash.

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  11. Delicious looking appams, congrats on your 150th post.

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  12. They look beautiful! I've never had one, but suddenly I am quite hungry!

    Pearl

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  13. Yummy delicious looking appams,congrats on your 150th post...i like your kolu,mylapore dolls shops picks...nice visual treat.

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  14. Congrats on the 150 post.I love appams so damn delicious.Thank you for your kind words,very sweet of you.

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  15. The recipe looks wonderful and tasty. Congrats on your 150th post.

    Cheers,
    Uma
    My Kitchen Experiments

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  16. congrats on ur 150th post....looks yummy and delicious..

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  17. congrats!!....delicious recipe...why dnt u send it to the event:
    Event: Kerala Kitchen

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  18. looks so cute.....congrats on ur 150th post
    charishma

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  19. You have an awesome space with beautiful recipes. Glad to follow you. Visit me at smart-snacks.blogspot.com

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  20. Wow...appam luks really tempting!!Congrats :)

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  21. Congrats Ms Chitchat...
    tempting neyyappams..Ages since I had them...


    http://www.panchamrutham.blogspot.com/

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  22. This is really gorgeous recipe & pictures! Please treasure your grand mama's Neyyappams pan, it is precious!I shall never have that opportunity!

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  23. Congratulations on your 150th post. The Neiyappams look delicious.

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