Idiyappam with cocunut milk

Idiyappam with cocunut milk

                   Idiyappam is a common breakfast dish in Kerala and Tamilnadu. It is made of rice flour and is a very healthy breakfast as it is steamed cooked.

Ingredients:

• Rice flour - 1 cup (Idiyappam flour)
• Water - 3/4 cup (adjust as needed)
• Salt - to taste

Extract cocunut milk:

• Sugar - 2 to 3 tbsp (adjust according to your preference)
• Coconut - 1/2 cup grated
• Warm water - as needed
• Coconut Milk - as needed
• Cardamom powder - 2 pinch

Method:

How to make idiyappam flour:

• Wash and soak equal quantities of raw rice (pacharisi) and par boiled rice (puzhungal arisi) together for 1 hour. 

• After 1 hour, drain the water completely, spread the rice on a cloth and dry it completely in shade (inside the house).

• Then get it ground in the flour mill/rice mill to a fine powder. 

• Homemade Idiyappam flour is ready. Sieve it and store it in an air tight container or stainless steel box at room temperature.

How to extract cocunut milk:

• Break a medium sized coconut and grate it.

• First take grated coconut in a mixer and grind it for a few seconds. Then add 1 cup of warm water and grind it nicely.

• Strain the ground coconut using a strainer. You can even use tea strainer or a juice filter. Press it with a ladle or squeeze to extract as much milk as possible.add sugar and cardamom powder and mix well. cocunut milk is ready.

How to make Idiyappam using idiyappam flour

• Boil water well, add salt and oil to it.Add the boiling water little by little to the rice flour and make a soft dough. Knead it well.

• Grease the inside of an idiyappam maker with oil and fill it with the prepared dough and press it in a circular motion on idly plate in the form of long strings.

• Steam it for 5 minutes. I used my idli pot for steaming.

• The basic idiyappam is ready. It can be served as such with sweetened coconut milk, coconut chutney, Kurma or any gravy of your choice.

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