Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Kerala Aapam Batter (With Yeast)


AAPAM BATTER WITH YEAST 
(KERALA STYLE)

Ingredients: 
raw rice (paccha arisi) - 1 cup
grated coconut - 1/2 cup
cooked rice - 1/2 cup
sugar - 1 tbsp
yeast - 1/2 tsp
luke warm water - 1/4 cup



Method:
- soak rice for 4 - 6 hrs
- mix yeast and sugar in luke warm water and allow it to prove for 10 mins
- start grinding the rice 
- when its half done add the cooked rice, grated coconut and yeast mixture
- grind to a fine paste
- add some salt and allow that to ferment
- usually takes 3 - 4 hrs
- but better to leave it to ferment for 6 - 8 hrs
- then add some water to the batter to make it thin if required to make perfect crisp aapams.



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