RAWA APPAM / APPE

Ingredients:

Semolina (Suji ) : ½ kg

Buttermilk: 500 ml

Onion medium size: 2

Tomatoes: Two

Capsicum : 2

Mustard seeds: 2 Tbsp

Refined oil : 4-5 tsp

Salt to taste

Method: 

Dry roast Suji. Soak it with buttermilk overnight or for 4-5 hours. (For instant fermentation of suji, you can add soda-bi-carb or ENO in the mixture of suji & buttermilk then after 20 minutes you can use the batter). Add finely sliced onion, tomatoes and capsicum into the batter. Add salt as per the taste. Heat Appe pan. Coat/brush each sphere of Appe Pan with refined oil. Add a pinch of mustard seeds into each appe sphere and when it starts to crackle pour batter into it. Cover the pan with a lid or a plate. And after 1.5 – 2 minutes turn it with the help of sharp pointed ladle that comes with ape Pan. Cook for another 1.5-2 minutes and then take them out. It will take around 3-4 minutes on a slow flame to cook it. Rawa Appam or Appe  is ready to serve. Serve hot with coconut chutney, fresh coriander chutney.

Cooking time: 20 minutes ( total 5 turns of Appe Pan full)

Servings sufficient for 6-7 persons ( 12 Appes are made at a time in  Appe Pan , so total Appes made are around 12*5=60 Appes)