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Yelappa | Yeriappa Recipe
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This Sweet appam is prepared on the previous night of “Naraka Chaturdashi” as part of Diwali celebrations. In Udupi this sweet is also known as “Yelappa” or “Yeriappa”. As a health freek I don’t prepare sweets and snacks that are oil based. But as a practice I prepared sweet appam on Diwali. So here goes the recipe for the same. Hope you will enjoy it.
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Sweet Appam Recipe/Yelappa Recipe
Servings: 10 -15
Ingredients
- Dosa rice- 1/2 Cup
- Jaggery powder- 1/2 cup
- Cardamom- 2 to 3
- Fresh grated coconut-1/2 cup
- Puffed paddy - 1/2 cup optional
- Oil for deep frying
Instructions
Preparation
- Wash and soak rice for at least 2 to 3 hours.
Method
- Grind the drained rice along with grated coconut, puffed paddy and cardamom to medium coarse consistency.
- Pause and include jaggery to grind again so that all things are well combined. Add minimum water only if required and make sure the batter has the consistency of dosa batter or little thicker than that.The batter need not ferment, we should make these yelappa immediately.
- Heat a heavy bottom frying pan/ kadai with enough oil for deep frying. When it heats up, pour a curved ladle full of batter directly in to oil. Move the ladle in circular fashion just above the oil level while pouring.
- Fry both sides of yelappa till it becomes brown in color. Once it is done just squeeze the extra oil by pressing it using two slotted ladles and drain over kitchen tissue paper.
- Repeat the same process with the rest of the batter. Yelappa is ready to serve. Try it once and relish with your family. It's so delicious!!!!
Note:
- The batter should not be running, if it is, then yelappa will consume lot of oil.
- The puffed paddy is optional, but I recommend adding it as it makes the yelappa very soft.
- According to your taste buds you can increase jaggery, above suggested amount of jaggery gives medium sweetness to this condiment.
..Is sweet aapam and athras one and same?? if not..could you please post a recipe on that too..really miss those athras that u get in those mangalore stores in india..wish I knew how to make them:(
Athiras is different. I haven’t posted it yet.
what is puffed paddy ?
Shubhashree, puffed paddy is called ARALU in Kannada, PODDOLU in Tulu. Hope you understand.