Sweet Appams - Festival special

The sweet appams are prepared for many festivals in India. It is made during Ganesh Chaturthi, Krishna Janmashtami to name a few. You can prepare this on any day if you just feel like having something sweet and tasty. This is one of my all time favourites and I just find it very difficult to have a control on the count of appams I eat!!! Normally, when we plan for any deep fry dish at home, I kind of control the quantity made so that the cholestrol levels don't shoot up further. But, when we plan for appams, I am usually quite liberal and prefer to forget about the cholestrol levels....

Ingredients

Wheat flour - 2 cups

Rice flour - 2 tbspns

Jaggery - 1 1/2 cups powdered

Cardamom powder - 1/2 tsp

Cashew nuts - a few

coconut grated - 2 tbspns

Ripe banana - 1 big

Oil for deep frying

Procedure

1. Mix the jaggery in 2 cups of water and keep it in the microwave for 5 mins.

2. Mix it well and ensure that there are no lumps. You could strain the liquid if required.

3. Allow it to cool and mix it with all the other ingredients. The consistency of the batter should be like the Idli batter.

4. Set it aside for around 2 -3 hours.

5. In a kadai, add the oil and once it is hot, simmer it and pour the batter using a small ladle. Once it starts floating, add the next one. Depending on the size of the kadai and the amount of oil, you may add 5 to 6 appams in one batch. Turn it and remove it once it is golden brown on both sides. It takes a little patience to make appams as it takes a while to get done.

6. Enjoy the simple yet tasty sweet.