Paalappam

PAALAPPAM OR COCONUT MILK APPAM

Paalappam is a very famous breakfast dish  prepared in kerala. This is a breakfast bread made of rice batter and coconut milk. The whole process requires a little effort. But I assure, when you taste it, you would feel its really worth the effort taken. Today lets see how to make yummy paalappam.

Paalappam with vegetable stew

Ingredients :

1	Raw Rice	3 cups
2	Cooked Rice	1 1/2 cups
3	Grated Coconut	1 1/2 cups
4	Coconut Water	1/2 cup (one day old coconut water)
5	Yeast	1 tablespoon
6	Milk	1 cup
7	Coconut Milk	1/2 cup
8	Sugar	4 tablespoon (as per your taste)
9	Baking Soda	a pinch
10	Water	as reqd
11	Salt	as reqd
12	Gingelly Oil	as reqd

Preparation :

• Retain the water from the coconut when you break it. Keep this water in room temperature for 1 day.Use this coconut water for making paalappam.
• Soak Raw rice for 4 - 5 hrs.
• Mix yeast and 1 tbsp sugar in half cup Luke warm milk and keep it aside for 15 minutes. 

Cooking Method :

• Grind together soaked raw rice, cooked rice, grated coconut, coconut water and yeast-milk mixture to a smooth batter. The consistency of the batter should be that of a idly batter(Thick Consistency). 
•  Keep this batter for fermenting for atleast 10 hrs. The batter will rise and become double the original volume.
• After 10 hrs mix the batter well. 
• Add salt, baking soda, coconut milk, rest of the milk and sugar, and mix well.
• If you want a little sweeter appam, you can add more sugar at this stage.
• Keep this aside for half an hour.
• Now the batter is ready for making appams.
• Heat an appachatti and pour one ladle of the batter and rotate the appachatti so that the batter takes a circular shape.
• Now pour a little more batter in the center and smear some gingelly oil on top of it.
• Close the appachatti with a lid and cook for 1 minute.
• Need not cook the other side of the appam. Take the appam from appachatti and place it in the serving dish.

                           

Hot and crispy paalappam is ready. The best side dish for palappam are :
Coconut Milk with Sugar
Vegetable Stew
Egg roast
Chicken Roast
Chicken varutharacha curry etc.


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Vegetable Biriyani

VEGETABLE BIRIYANI

Biriyani is a rice based dish usually made using basmathi rice. It is dish that was originated in Turkey and was brought to india by the Muslim travellers. As you all know, Muslims are well known for making delicious biriyani. In india, we have a variety of biriyani specific to each region and community. Here I am sharing with you a very simple and basic recipe for vegetable biriyani. So, lets see how to make this delicious biriyani.

Vegetable Biriyani with Raita

Ingredients :

1	Jeera Rice	2 cups
2	Carrot,Beans, Green Peas, Cauliflower etc (Any other vegetables of your choice)	2 cups
3	Onion	1
4	Tomatoes	2
5	Coriander Leaves	3 sticks
6	Pudina Leaves	3 sticks
7	Water	4 cups
8	Turmeric Powder	1/4 teaspoon
9	Salt	as reqd
10	Ghee	1 tablespoon
11	Oil	1 tablespoon
12	Lemon	1

 

For Grinding :

1	Green Chilly	2
2	Garlic	5
3	Ginger	1 inch piece
4	Cinnamon	1 small piece
5	Cloves	1
6	Aniseed	1/4 teaspoon (perinjeerakam)
7	Small Onion	2
8	Corainder Leaves	3 Sticks
9	Pudina Leaves	3 leaves

 

Ingrdients For Grinding

For Garnishing :

1	Bread Slices	2
2	Corainder Leaves	3 Sticks

 

Preparation :

• Wash jeera rice nicely till all the starch is gone.
• Clean and take out the florets from cauliflower.
• Boil Cauliflower florets in some water along with salt for 3 minutes.
• Then wash the cauliflower florets in cold water.
• Boil cauliflower florets and green peas in some water along with salt and turmeric powder for 5 minutes or till its cooked.
• Cut the other vegetables into cubes and keep it aside. 

Vegetables cut into cubes

• Grind the ingredients for grinding and keep it aside.
• Finely chop coriander leaves and pudina/mint leaves and keep it aside.
• Boil 4 cups of water and keep it ready

Vegetable Biriyani

Cooking Method :

• Heat some ghee + oil in a kadai or cooker.
• When its hot, put the chopped onions and saute till the raw smell of onion goes.
• When onion is almost done, add the ground paste and saute well till the raw smell goes and oil starts leaving the sides.
• Add the vegetables and mix well.
• Now add tomatoes and mix well till the tomatoes are smashed.
• Add the chopped coriander leaves and pudina leaves and mix well.
• Add the rice and mix well so that the masala gets coated well on the rice.
• Add the juice of one lemon and mix well.
• Add the boiling water to the rice-vegetable mixture and mix well.
• Add salt and mix well and close the cooker and cook the rice.
• When the rice is cooked, add the cooked cauliflower and green peas to this and mix well.
• Heat some ghee in a pan and saute the bread slices till golden brown.
• Garnish the biriyani with sauteed bread slices and coriander leaves.



Vegetable Biriyani

• Serve this with Raita and papad.

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