Appe can be made from a batter of urad dal and rice, urad dal and rava/ semolina or even just urad dal. Urad dal is split black gram which is used in most of the breakfast items in South India. Making of appe the above mentioned way includes soaking, grinding and fermenting which takes roughly around 16 hours. Fermented food is high in B complexes so highly nutritive.
What does one do when one is running short of time or wants to churn out a quick breakfast? Make instant ones using curds/ yoghurt to prepare the batter. You can use veggies of your choice to enhance the flavour and to get children to eat their veggies. Though appes are traditionally served with a chutney my family loves to eat them with fresh home made butter.
Ingredients:
500 gms rava/ semolina
1 cup/ 250 ml curds
1 large onion
1/2 of a bell pepper
A large fistful of boiled sweet corn
7 green chillies
2 inch piece of ginger
3 tbsps finely chopped coriander leaves
A large pinch of baking soda
Salt.
Seasoning:
1 tbsp oil
1 tsp mustard
2 sprigs curry leaves roughly chopped.
Method:
Chop the onion, bell pepper and coriander leaves fine. Grind the green chillies and ginger to a coarse paste. Tip the chopped vegetables, the ginger green chilly paste along with the sweet corn, rava, soda and curd into a bowl. Mix well adding a little water at a time to make a batter of flowing consistency. Heat oil in a pan. Add the mustard. Once it crackles drop in the curry leaves. Toss and drop the seasoning into the batter. Mix, cover and keep aside for ten minutes. You will notice that the rava has absorbed the water and is of dropping consistency. Add salt and mix well. Heat the appe pan. Brush it with oil. Pour the batter into each mould and drizzle with oil. Cover and roast on a medium flame till you see the appe leaving the sides. Flip and roast on the other side as well. Serve hot with chutney of your choice.
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