Ingredients:
1 cup raw rice/ white rice
1/2 cup cooked rice
1/2 cup grated coconut
1/2 tsp yeast
1 tsp sugar
2 cups spinach/ palak, cleaned
salt
Preparation:
- Wash and soak raw rice in water for 4-5 hours.
- Then grind it along with cooked rice, grated coconut, yeast and salt into a smooth batter adding little water and keep for fermentation for about 10-12 hours (or overnight).
- In a pan, add the spinach leaves and 1/2 cup of water and boil for 2 minutes. Cool and then grind it with the water (in which it is cooked) into a fine puree.
- Add this spinach puree to the fermented batter and mix well. Check for salt and add if required.
- Heat a non stick pan/ appachatti and pour a ladleful of batter and rotate the pan in a circular manner.
- Cover with a lid and cook on low flame till the appam is cooked well and the edges start turning brown.
- Remove the appam from the pan and transfer it to a plate. Repeat the same with the remaining batter..Serve with any curry of your choice…
