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!

Nendhram Pazham payasam/ Pradhaman

Nendhra Pazham payasam / Pradhaman is a traditional payasam of Kerala which is prepared during Onam festival.

Ingredients :

Nendhra Pazham - 2 medium size
Coconut peices - 2 tablespoons
Dry ginger powder - 1 teaspoon
Jaggery - 1 cup
Coconut milk - 1 cup
Ghee - 2 tablespoons

Method :

# Cut nendram pazham in pieces.

# Heat a pan add ghee fry coconut peices to light brown, remove coconut peices then add nendhra Pazham peices and fry well.

# Close the lid of the pan cook for 5 min, stir well.

# once nendhra pazham is mashed well add jaggery syrup, mix well let it boil for few minutes.

# Add dry ginger powder, fried coconut peices, mix well switch of the stove.

# Add coconut milk and serve.

Make sure you add the coconut milk after you switch of the stove other wise there are chances of milk to get curdled.

Please do try and provide your comments. Thank you.