Rice Appe

Rice Appe

Rice appe’s are made by cooking fermented batter of rice and urad dal. The texture of these appe’s are just perfect. They are crisp on the outside and soft and spongy on the inside making them the perfect dish to have for breakfast or as a tea-time snack. Rice appe’s can be enjoyed plain or with your choice of sambhar or chutney.

What you need:

• 250 g idli rice
• 50 g urad dal
• 1/2 tsp yeast
• 2 tsp ghee
• 1 cup thick coconut milk
• 1 cup thin coconut milk 
• Salt to taste
• Sugar to taste

Method: 

1. Soak the rice and urad dal for 4 hours.
2. Grind the rice and dal to a fine consistency by adding thick milk and thin milk. Add sugar, salt to taste. Also add yeast. Let the batter be thick. Keep it to ferment for 6 hours or overnight. 
3. Apply little ghee on the appe thava and pour the batter. Close with a lid and fry until the lower surface becomes golden brown in colour. Add a drop of ghee on each appe and turn them over so as to fry them evenly. Remove when they turn golden brown in colour.
4. Serve hot with sambhar or chutney.