Nendhram Pazham Nei Appam

Nendhram Pazham Nei Appam!

 Simple, aromatic super soft Nei appam for 'Onam festival'.

Nei Appam means appams prepared in ghee. I always add ghee in the nei appam batter and leave it for few hrs. (minimum 1/2 hr)

Need to soak raw rice for atleast 1 hr.

Ingredients:

Raw Rice - 1 cup soaked
Jaggery - 1/2 cup
Nendhram Pazham/ - 1 Well riped
Banana
Cardoman powder - 1 tsp
Ghee - 1 -2 tablespoons
Oil for frying

Method:

# Boil 1/2 cup of water in a pan add jaggery, dissolve well then filter it.

# Strain the water from soaked rice. Grind in mixie.

# Coarsely grind it.. add chopped Nendhram Pazham, jaggery syrup and grind to fine paste.

# Transfer the paste in a bowl and add remaining jaggery syrup, cardoman powder and mix well.

# Add 1 tablespoon of ghee in the batter and rest for 30 minutes (Consistency of the batter should be like Idli batter)

# Heat Kuzhi Panniharam pan add oil let it heat well, pour the batter in each kuzhi and simmer the stove .

# After 1- 2 min, with the help of a knife or spoon, turn the Nei Appam.

# once fried remove from pan and serve it.

Pl. do try and provide your comments:
Thank you!

Thattai / Savoury Crackers

Thattai / Savoury Crackers
Thattai is one of the savoury recipe, prepared during Krishna Janmashtami.
A very simple savoury recipe with minimum ingredients. Gendrally it is deep fried, but to make it healthier, I used Airfryer. These tattai's can be deep fried also.

Ingredients:
Rice flour - 2 cups
Roasted Urud dal powder - 1/2 cup
Roasted Peanuts powder - 1/2 cup
Asafoetida / Hing - 1/2 tsp
Red chilli powder / Papperica - 1/2 tsp
Butter - 50 grms
Oil few drops
Salt to taste

Method:
# Mix, rice flour, urud dal powder, peanuts powder, red chilli powder, asafoetida, salt butter and mix well till it comes to bread crumbs consistency.
# Sprinkle water, and knead dough.
# Dough should be stiff enough.
# Make marble size balls and spread it round shape in a plastic sheet.
# With a knife or tooth pick make marks in thattai, so that it doesn't puff up.
# Pre Heat Airfrier @ 180'c for 5 min.
# Fry thattai in batches. In between brush oil.
# Fry @ 180'c for 15-20 min.

Serve it.
Pl. do try and provide your valuable comments.
Thank you!