‘Vellayappam’, is a
traditional breakfast in Kerala, especially in Christian families… Earlier days
it was known as ‘Kallappam’, because ‘kallu’ or ‘toddy,’ used as an important ingredient in
preparation. But now-a-days because of unavailability of good toddy, everyone
is using yeast instead of toddy…
Ingredients and preparation of
batter:
1.
White Rice / Pachari/Pacharasi ---------------- 2 cups
2.
Coconut (grated)
-------------------------------- 1 cup
3.
Yeast
---------------------------------------------- ½ teaspoon
4.
Garlic
---------------------------------------------- 4 numbers
5.
Shallots / small onion
--------------------------- 5 numbers
6.
Cumin seeds / jeera
---------------------------- ½ teaspoon
7.
Sugar
--------------------------------------------- 2 tablespoon
8.
Salt -----------------------------------------------
to taste
9.
Water
-------------------------------------------- as needed
Wash and soak the white rice for 2 - 3
hours. In a mixer grinder, grind the
rice with water to cover till it become smooth paste. Don’t pour too much of water, because the
batter should be thick. Then grind grated coconut, yeast, garlic, shallots,
cumin seeds, sugar and salt with a little water into a thick paste. Don’t grind it finely, like aappam, or palappam batter. Mix this with grinded rice well and keep it
for fermentation. The time taken for fermentation process will be different
according to the weather condition. Once the process of fermentation completed,
check the salt and consistency, adjust the consistency and prepare vellayappam.
Preparation of Vellayappam:
1.
Heat the dosa
thava/ pan
2.
Pour the batter and just press. Don’t
do like dosa, because the vellayappam
is not so thin and not so big
3.
Cook both the sides well (don’t burn)
4.
Now vellayappam
is ready to serve
I am sure, you will like the taste of vellayappam, because it is more or less like aappam/palappam, but you can
prepare it wihout aappam/ palappam vessel J.
If you have any questions feel free to write to
me. I like your comments and suggestions
(both positive and negative) J
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