Hello friends ..

How are u  doing ?? Did u miss me ??

I am doing great dears 😍

I am writing here after a long gap.

So, many of my subscribers were complaining that u don’t see me here .. So thought of coming back and keep in touch with u dears..

As I was busy with my YouTube videos, couldn’t able to do the blog.

But I think, I should post the recipe here too once in a week ..Right dears ..

Today  I am here with a traditional Kerala, Malabar Recipe- Kalathappam(also known as Kalthappam).

Here I am preparing this in a cooker, u can do the same in a saucepan with a tight lid too ..

So let’s begin

Ingredients

Rice-1cup, Preferably Kaima Rice (jeerakasala ) or U can use white rice (( My one cup is 240 ml )

Jaggery -250 gm -300gm

Cardamom-1

Cumin seeds-1pinch

Cooked rice-1tbsp(any type of rice)

Small onion-3

Finely chopped Coconut -2tbsp

Salt-one pinch

Water -1 1/2cup

Coconut Oil-4tbsp

Baking Soda-2pinch

Kalathappam

Method 

Soak rice for minimum for4 hours.

Wash well and drain

Then take mixie jar , add rice , cooked rice ,cumin seeds and cardamom (only seeds ) along with 1/2 cup of water.

Grind to a fine paste.

Then add 1/2 cup more water and blend well .. (we have to grind the rice in a small quantity of water first, otherwise we cant grind the rice so nicely)

Pour this finely ground batter to a vessel and keep aside.

Kalathappam

In a saucepan add jaggery and pour 1/2 cup of water and melt in medium flame, stirring occasionally.

Then heat 2 tbsp of  coconut oil and roast small onions and coconut pieces in to golden color .Keep aside ,dont through the coconut oil we used for frying these .

By this time the jaggery will be ready ,using a strainer, strain it

Add this hot jaggery mix to the rice batter .

Pour with one hand and mix with another hand continuously to avoid lumps.

Now add salt and baking soda and mix well .. (This batter is very loose ,when i measured this batter I got 3cups of batter )

Now take a cooker,I used 5 L aluminium cooker .

Heat the cooker in high flame

Add leftover coconut oil along with another 2 tbsp of coconut oil

Rotate the oil in the sides of the cooker, When the oil is piping hot (the flame should be in   high heat )

Pour this slightly hot jaggery rice flour mix to the hot cooker, add fried   coconut d onion in the top .

Close the cooker ,remove the weight ,and cook for exactly 1 1/2 min in high flame .

Then after 1 1/2 min cook in low flame , exactly for 15 minutes .

After 15 minutes switch off the flame and keep the cooker in a cool place .

Open the cooker after another 15 minutes.

Check the centre of the kalathappam using a tooth pick or fork ..

If it comes out clean ,that means the kalathappam is cooked well.

So allow the kalathappam to cool completely.

Then take out from the cooker .

Cut into the desired shapes using a sharp knife .

U can see many bee hole like shapes inside the appam 🙂

So enjoy  the soft and tasty kalathappam..

Please watch my video to refer the minute details..

Kalathappam

Hope u enjoyed my post.

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With Lots of Love

Veena 😍