Sweet Unniappams (paniyarams) - A traditional snack of Kerala

Recipee :
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Procedure
-Soak 1 cup rice for 5-6 hours. Drain the water thoroughly.
- Grind the soaked rice into a fine powder even when it is wet. Once the rice is powder. Remember one thing that is very important is do not add any extra water as it wont give the appams the desired softness. add 1/2 cup of grated coconut (optional .. without this also it tastes good) and grind it into a paste.Now add 1 cup jaggery and grind.Smash the banana and grind with the batter. Once you grind it with jaggery the mix will turn into a smooth batter form even without adding any water. It should have idli batter consistency.Leave it for min 1 hr

( The water content in the coconut , jaggery and banana are enough for grinding.)

- . Finally add the cardamom powder and a pinch of baking soda. Now heat 1 Tbl spoon of ghee and add to the batter. This gives fine flavour to the appam

-Now heat the appam mould. Fill it with 3/4 of oil. Pour the batter into the moulds. Once it is cooked on one side, it will automatically raise. Using a sharp ladle turn it upside down to cook it on the other side.

Drain the oil and sprinkle some sugar on top andserve..