Appam

Ingredients

Raw rice : 2 cups
Semolina(rava) : 2 tablespoon
Coconut : 3/4 cup
Instant Dry Yeast : 1/2 teaspoon
Sugar : 1 1/2 tablespoon
Salt : very little
Water/Coconut water : as needed

Method

Soak rice in water for 3 hrs.
Take 2 cups of water in a saucepan and add 2 tablespoon of rava.Bring it to boil stirring continuously.Reduce the flame  to low and continue stirring.When the mixture changes to a thick paste,remove it from heat and allow it to cool.Now rava kurukku is ready.
Drain water from rice and grind it along with coconut and water(coconut water can also be used for better results) to a smooth batter.
Transfer the contents to a vessel.Add yeast,sugar and rava kurukku and mix well with your hands.Keep it for fermentation for atleast 3 hours.
On fermentation add salt to this and little warm milk if the batter is very thick.
Heat a non-stick appachatti.Pour a ladder of batter into the pan and rotate it till you get the edges thin.Close the pan and cook till done.


Tip
Instant active dry yeast is more finely granulated than active dry  yeast and so it  does not need to be dissolved in water first and it can be added directly.

Pearl onion Chutney

 Ingredients

Pearl onions chopped - 15 nos
Oil  -1 tbsp
Dry red chilly  - 2 nos
Ginger - a small piece
Tamarind -a small  ball(size of a gooseberry)
Curry Leaf - as needed
Salt - as needed

Method
Heat oil in a pan and saute onions till translucent.Add all the other ingredients to it and mix well.
Grind the mixture in a mixie to a smooth paste.
Now chutney is ready.

Chemmen/Prawns Fry

Ingredients

Prawns - large peeled &deveined 6 nos
Chilly powder - 1 1/ 2 teaspoon(adjust according to your tolerance level)
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
Ginger-garlic paste - 1 tsp
Lemon  juice - 1 1/2 tsp
wooden skewers soaked in water for 4 hours - 6 nos
Salt - as needed
Bread Crumbs - 1/2 cup

Method


Make a marinade with chilly powder,turmeric powder,Ginger-garlic paste,lemon juice and salt.Insert soaked wooden skewers into each  prawn.Apply the marinade on prawns and roll in bread crumbs.Keep it in refrigerator for sometime.Heat oil in a pan and shallow fry the prawns,flipping each side.


Tip


To devein a prawn :Use a small sharp knife to make a slit horizontally along the middle of the upperside of the prawns  to expose the dark vein.Pull out the vein from the prawn.

Cup Cakes

Ingredients

Butter - 125 gms
Powdered Sugar - 1 cup
Maida - 1 1/2 cups
Baking powder - 2 1/2 teaspoon
Eggs - 3 nos
Milk - 1/4 cup
Vanilla essence - 1 tsp
Cup cake moulds lined with baking sheet
Method

Preheat oven to 180 degree celcius.Sieve maida ,baking powder and keep it aside.Mix the  butter and powdered sugar in a bowl and beat gently to make it as a cream.Add sieved maida,eggs,milk and vanilla essence to the cream and beat gently till  the ingredients get mixed.Continue beating in high speed for another  2-3 minutes more till the batter becomes pale and fluffy.Pour the batter equally into the cupcake moulds and bake it for 20-25 minutes or till the cupcakes become golden brown .

Tip:A tooth pick inserted into the batter in the cup comes out clean when the cupcakes are ready