Unniyappam / Sweet Kuzhipaniyaram

Unniyappam is a sweet snack in Kerala… In Tamil Nadu, it’s known as Kuzhipaniyaram…. I wish to introduce a very simple preparation method of Unniyappam today…. So, you can also prepare yummy Unniyappam or Kuzhipaniyaram in your kitchen in hygiene condition without adding any preservatives….

Ingredients:

Rice flour -------------------------------------------- 1 ½ cup

Wheat flour ----------------------------------------- ½ cup

Banana (palayamthodan pazham) ------------ 3 numbers

Cardamom ----------------------------------------- 4 -5 numbers

Jaggery (sarkkara or vellam) ------------------- 250 gram to 300 gram (according to the sweet requirement)

Coconut bits (cut into small pieces) ------------ ½ cup

Black sesame seeds ------------------------------- 1-2 tablespoon

Ghee ------------------------------------------------- as needed for frying

Oil ---------------------------------------------------- as needed for frying

Milk -------------------------------------------------- as needed

 

Preparation:

Ø Make a smooth paste of banana (cheru pazham) and cardamom seeds in a mixer grinder and keep it aside

Ø Heat a pan, pour ghee and fry coconut bits till it become light golden and add sesame seeds and fry that too and keep it aside to cool down

Ø In a vessel, put jaggery and ½ to one cup water and boil it to melt and allow it to boil and then strain it and keep it aside

Ø In a vessel take rice flour, wheat flour, banana paste, fried coconut and sesame seeds and mix well

Ø Add melted and strained jaggery water into the mix and mix well (pour the jaggery water as per the requirement of sweetness, sweetness may vary in different jaggery)

Ø Mix the batter in the consistency of idli batter and close the lid tightly and keep it aside for 1-2 hours

Ø Check the consistency of the batter, if it became more thick, add some boiled and cooled milk and adjust the consistency

Ø Then take the unniyappam or kuzhipaniyaram pan and pour oil and ghee to each pit and allow it to heat

Ø When the oil and ghee mix become hot, reduce flame to medium

Ø Drop the batter into the pan in each pit

Ø Keep turning the appam in between till it become dark golden brown colour in both the sides

Ø Home-made unniyappam or kuzhipaniyaram is ready to serve

 

Notes:

·        With this quantity of batter, we can prepare 30-35 numbers of unniyappam or kuzhipaniyaram

·        We can use small banana (palayamthodan or poovan pazham) as per availability

·        If you need more crispy version of unniyappam use 2 cups of rice powder instead of adding rice and wheat together

·        Check the sweetness while adding jaggery

I thought to prepare unniyappam months back and bought pan and kept as it is for months…. The reason behind this was my anxiety about the preparation and I thought its a tedious as well as time consuming task…. But preparation of unniyappam was very easy when I followed my recipe… More over my husband loved to eat the home made and tasty unniyappam…. I am sure you can also prepare the same in your kitchen and serve with love to all…J

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