Kerala style Kalathappam/Pesaha appam/Inri appam

    Kalathappam/Pesaha appam or Inri appam is made by christians on Maunday thursday. This type of  pesaha appam is usually made in Angamaly side, which is served on the night along with pesaha paal. This appam consist of lots of coconut pieces and shallots. This is a tasty appam but we make it only on maunday thursday.

Ingredients:

  • Raw rice - 2 cups
  • Urad dal - 1/4 cup
  • Small onion/ shallots - as needed
  • Coconut pieces - as needed
  • Cumin (powdered/whole) -1/2 tsp
  • Salt as needed
  • Water
  • Oil

Preparation:

  • Soak raw rice and urad dal for 2 hours. Wash well and drain.
  • Grind soaked rice and urad dal to smooth paste by adding a little water. Transfer it to a bowl and keep  aside.
  • Heat a pan, add some oil and fry the coconut pieces it it becomes light brown in color. Take it and add it to rice urad dal mixture.
  • Fry chopped small onions in the same oil till it turns golden brown. Take it and combine it with the mixture.
  • Add enough salt and powdered or whole cumin to the mixture and combine well. The consistency of the batter should be thick like idly batter.
  • Leave it aside for 1 hour.
  • Heat a pan. Pour little oil. Pour the batter to the pan and cook it in medium flame.
  • Cover and cook until the bottom side it cooked well. Now flip it and cook the other side also till it becomes golden brown in color.
  • Once its done switch off the flame and transfer it to the serving plate.

Notes:

  • You may use adjust the consistency of shallots and coconut pieces according to your choice.
  • You may also use rice flour. But I prefer using raw rice. Here I used idli rice. You may use other rice such as sona masoori rice.

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