"Aappa"

Appam – the Queen of Kerala is a fermented flat bread made out of Rice and Coconut. In Tamil, it is known as “Aappam“. The Srilankans prefer to call it as “appa” or Appam is specially popular among Kerala.Appam is one of the favourite breakfast items in Kerala made from rice.
It makes great combinations like "Appam & chicken curry", "Appam & Egg roast", or even the simple "Appam & coconut chutney

Ingredients

Raw Rice 1/2 Kg
Coconut 1 grated
Yeast 1/2 tsp
Salt to taste
Sugar 3 tsp
Cooked Rice 1/2 cup

Method

Soak rice for 4 hrs and drain it.Grind this with grated coconut, cooked rice in a mixie.
Put yeast, salt, sugar in boiled water and keep it 1/2 an hr. Then add this to the grinded mixture. Keep the mixture for 8 hrs for fermentation.

When it is ready to use spread the mixture in a non-sticky pan . See that the mixture is spread so that the edge of the appam will be lace structured. Close the pan with the lid and heat it for 2 mts. In the preparation of appam it is only required to cook on one side. Serve hot with potato curry