Nei_Appam

Ingredients:
Raw Rice - 1 cup
uradh dal - 1 tsp
Jaggery (vellam) - 3/4 cup
Banana ( over ripe is better ) - 2 nos
cardamom powder - 1 tsp
Ghee (nei) - 3 tbsp
Soda salt - a pinch

Method:
* Soak Raw rice and urad dal together for an hour, then grind it finely with in the blender or grinder.
* Add jaggery,ripe banana and blend well. It should be consistency of dosai batter (pouring consistency )
* Add the cardamom and keep aside for 6 or 8 hours.
* Heat up the Appam making kal and pour in 2 tsp of ghee into each appa kuzhi - fill the depression about quarter way . Wait for it to heat up well. Now pour the batter with a karandi to fill the depression just till the lower rim, do not let it over flow.
* A ring of bubbles will appear around each depression. In a minute the appams will be ready to flip over as the inner gooey part pours over to form the lower part of the appam.
* Cook each side till golden and pull it out and let it cool aside. The ghee will get absorbed.

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