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karthigai appam
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Karthigai appam recipe

Instant appam recipe made using wheat flour and jaggery
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time35 minutes
Total Time50 minutes
Course: Sweet, Traditional sweet
Cuisine: Indian, South Indian
Keyword: aavani avittam recipes, Janmashtami recipes, Janmastami recipes, karthigai deepam recipes
Servings: 20 small appams
Author: Jeyashri suresh

Ingredients

Instructions

  • In a pan add jaggery and add 1/4 cup of water.
  • Let it boil and the jaggery gets dissolved.
  • Filter the impurities and the jaggery water again to the pan.
  • In a pan add the wheat flour, rice flour, coconut, and cardamom powder. Let the jaggery syrup boil for 3-4 minutes on a low flame.
  • Puree the banana in the mixer into a fine paste.
  • Add jaggery water and banana puree to the flour mixture.
  • Mix well, and add water to get the right consistency.
  • Add ghee to this and mix well. The batter consistency should be a little thinner than the idli batter and a little thicker than dosa batter.
  • Heat oil in a pan for deep frying. Take a small size deep ladle and take the batter in that.
  • Pour this carefully into the oil. Always pour one at a time. Do not pour more than one.
  • After putting it into the oil, the appam will rise slowly and will be fluffy too.
  • Flip the on the other side. Once it is cooked on both sides .take it out and drain them with a kitchen towel.
  • The appam tastes good when they are hot and also when they are eaten after a few hours. The next day it tastes even nicer.

Notes

1. If you want you can add 2 more tbsp of jaggery too. I found 1/2 cup perfect.
2. Do not keep the batter so thick, else the appams will be very hard after frying.
3. If you are not adding banana, add a pinch of cooking soda to the batter.
4. Kathigai appams stay soft for 5-6 hours.