Aapam is a kerala delicacy. Being a working lady, I have slightly modified the way it is prepared so that it suits my time limitation. Gave a surprise to D and was very happy to see smiling faces at the dining table..

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Ingredients
- 2 cups Mixed vegetables cauliflower florets, potato, carrot, peas, beans
- 2 Nos Onion Medium Size
- 2 Nos Elaichi pod
- 5 Nos Cloves
- 1 Nos Cinamon sticks
- Green Chillies slit According to taste
- Salt According to taste
- 1 cup Grated coconut
- 2 Tsp Refined oil
Flat rice aapam
- 1 Portion Raw rice
- 1 Portion Boiled rice
- 1 Portion Grated coconut
- Coconut water
- 2 Tsp sugar
- Salt
Ingredients
Flat rice aapam
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Instructions
- Grind coconut and green chillies to a paste and keep aside
- Take a kadai and heat oil in it.
- Add the thinly sliced onion and saute till they become pink
- Once the onions are pink, add all the other veggies and saute for 1 -2 minutes.
- Add 3 cups of water to this and cook all the veggies. Also add the cinamon stick, cloves and elachi to this and cook on slow flame.
- Once all the veggies are cooked, add the coconut paste and let it boil once and seitch of the gas. (Alternatively one could also add coconut milk in the preperation)
- Add few kadi patta leaves (karuvepalai) and sprinkle some drops of coconut oil.
- Seve hot...
Flat rice aapam
- Soak the rice (raw and boiled) in water overnight.
- Grind the rice with coconut, sugar and salt to a smooth paste (take care that the paste does not become too watery).
- To this smooth paste, add the coconut water which we would have got when we broke open the coconut.
- Pour this mixture in a bigger vessel and ferment for 5-6 hours.
- Once fermented mix the batter with a ladle (karandi) and store in the fridge for one day. Though you could use the batter immediately after it has fermented, i somehow get a better texture for the rice aapams if used after one day.
- To make the flat aapam, take a tava and heat it. Once the tava is hot add the aapam batter and spread it.
- Cover the appam with a lid and cook on slow flame till the white batter turns translucent ..
- Turn the aapam over and cover again with a lid and cook for 30 secs again on slow flame.
- Once done serve hot with vegetable stew.