Ingredients:
Raw rice / idli rice – 200 gms,
Salt,
Baking soda – 2 big pinch,
Cooked rice – handful,
Fresh, fine coconut gratings – 4 tablesp,
Oil – 1 tablesp.
Method:
1).Wash rice twice, soak it for 3 hrs,
2).After 3 hrs grind the rice fine adding water in batches till it is like thick batter.Remove it and pour it into a mixing bowl.
3).Remove 3 tablesp of this paste , add 125 ml of water, Mix well with out any lumps. Cook this to prepare thick ganji or paste. keep it aside and allow to cool.
4).Next add cooked rice to mixie with little water and grind it fine. Add coconut,cooled prepared paste to the same mixie and grind it into a very fine batter. Remove and add it to the rice batter. Add water to wash the mixie and add this also to the batter.Blend all the batters well and allow to ferment for minimum 6 hrs / over night.
5).Next day morning add salt and required amount of water to make it to aapam batter consistancy. Just before preparing aapam add baking soda. Drizzle few drops of water over soda and mix the batter very well.
6).Heat aapam pan drizzle a drop of oil, gently rub the pan with cloth . Lower the flame, pour a laddle ful of batter ,rotate the pan so that the batter spreads nicely giving lacy edzes with fluffy centre. Usually no need to use oil but I prefer to drizzle few drops over aapam.
7).Prepare all aapams in the similar way using remaining batter . Serve this healthy break fast with any chutney or coconut mixed sweet milk. I prefer serving with coconut or peanut chutney or any spicy chutney.
Tip:
If fresh coconut is not available you just mix 4 tablesp of desiccated coconut powder in little hot water. Keep it for 1/2 hr and use it in the similar way as fresh coconut.