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Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Vattayappam / Rice Cake


Vattayappam or Rice Cake is a main item in Kerala.
Rice - Coconut batter cooked in steam to prepare this item.

INGREDIENTS:
  • Raw rice flour -1 cups
  • Grated Coconut - 1 ½ cup
  • Cumin Seed - pinch
  • Cream of Rice (thari)/Rava- 1 tbsp
  • Ghee- ½ tsp
  • Yeast -½ tsp
  • Sugar- 5 tbsp
  • Salt - ¼ tsp 
  • Water

PREPARATION METHOD:
  • Lightly roast rice flour about 3 minutes.
  • Mix yeast with sugar in 5 Tbsp warm water and keep aside.
  • Grind Coconut and cumin seed to a fine paste.
  • Cook the cream of rice in little water by stirring continuously.
  • Mix rice flour, cooked cream of rice and yeast and knead into a soft dough. 
  • Add the coconut paste mix to the dough with little water and mix well. 
  • Add Salt and mix well to make a thick batter.
  • Grease ghee in a pan (steel plate) and pour the batter into it.
  • Steam it well in an idli steamer for 15 minutes.
  • Remove it from the steamer. 
  • Let it cool for sometime and remove from the pan.
Recommended Combination: Vattayappam / Rice Cake can be served hot with Chicken Curry / Chicken Stew / vegetable Kurma / Chicken Kurma / Kadala Curry

Saturday, April 24, 2010

Kinnanappam / Rice Cake


Kinnanappam is a sort of Rice cake cooked in steam.
The main ingredients are grinded boiled rice, coconut and jaggery.

INGREDIENTS:
  • Parboiled Rice- 1 cup
  • Grated coconut – 1½ cup 
  • Cumin seed - pinch
  • Jaggery - ½ cup
  • Ghee - 1tbsp
  • Salt - As reqd


PREPARATION METHOD:
  • Soak rice for atleast 4 hrs.
  • Grind Rice, Coconut and cumin seed to a batter(idli batter consistency).
  • Add Salt, Jaggery and ghee to the batter and mix well.
  • Grease some ghee in a pan (steel plate) and pour the batter into it.
  • Steam it well in an idli steamer for 15 minutes.
  • Remove it from the steamer.
  • Let it cool for sometime and remove from the pan.
Recommended Combination:Kinnanappam can be served with tea or coffee.