Palappam (Kerala-Break Fast)

Ingredients

White rice - 2 cups
Coconut - ½
Yeast - 1 teaspoon
Milk - ¾ cup
Sugar - ¼ cup
Salt - ½ teaspoon
Cooked rice (partially ground) - 2 tablespoons

Method :

1. Mix two cups of rice flour with 1 teaspoon of yeast and let it ferment for 4 hours.

2. Add ¾ cup of milk, ¼ cup of sugar, ½ teaspoon of salt. Stir the mix thoroughly.

3. Warm up the vessel called 'Palappam Chatti' Pour 5 tablespoons of this mix into the Chatti and rotate the Palappam Chatti by hand so that the mix spreads out evenly and in a circular fashion.

4. Cover it with the lid and let it cook until the edges of the Appam turn slightly brown in color.

5. Enjoy the Palappam with vegetable stew, beef or chicken, or lamb stew.