Easy Appam (Rice Pancake)

This recipe is very simple and very very unlikely to fail. I have tried a lot of appam recipies that failed one after the other. But this one is a hit. It can never go wrong and does not have any complicated procedure. So go ahead and try and enjoy your appam!

INGREDIENTS:

Basmati rice - 1 cup
Boiled rice - 1 cup
Coconut milk- 1 cup (If you are lazy to grate the coconut and then take the milk, try using the coconut milk powder. Dissolve 4 to 5 tbsp of coconut milk powder in 1 cup of warm water)
Yeast - 1 tsp
Sugar - 2 tsp for grinding + some more before making it
Salt to taste

DIRECTIONS:
1. Soak basmati rice in water for 3 hours.
2. Drain off the water and grind the raw rice in a blender by pouring required amount of coconut milk. Be careful not to pour the whole coconut milk. Sometimes, 1 cup of coconut milk will not be needed.
3. This should be done properly. Try to avoid tiny bits of rice in the batter.
4. Once this is done, add the cooked rice and pulse it. Pour coconut milk if necessary as the batter will thicken after putting the boiled rice.
5. Now add the yeast and sugar and pulse again.
6. Check for the batter consistency. Adjust it with the coconut milk.
7. Place the batter in the oven and turn on the oven light. This way the oven will be slightly warm which will help the batter to rise quickly.
8. Usually, it takes less than 4 hours for the batter to rise.
9. Adjust the salt and sugar before making the appam.

This batter makes 10 appams.

Tips for making appam:

Once the appam chatti ( pan in which appam is made) is hot, pour about 4 to 5 tbsp of batter into the center of the chatti. Keep it on the stove for about 5 secs. Then take it and swirl it around to make the lace. Cover and cook till the sides leave the pan and the bottom of the appam have become light brown in colour.