Appam with Stew

Name: Appam with Stew
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 2 cups raw rice, soaked; 1 cup grated coconut and 1 tsp yeast with sugar; Stew: 500g chicken or mixed vegetables; 400ml coconut milk (thin and thick); Potato, carrot and onion; Green chillies, ginger, curry leaves and whole spices

അപ്പവും സ്റ്റ്യൂവും/AHP-pum with STEW/

Also known as: Palappam and Stew, Kerala Appam, Vellayappam

About this dish

Lacy, bowl-shaped fermented rice and coconut pancakes with soft centres, served with a mild coconut milk stew.

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Ingredients

🍚2 cups raw rice, soaked

🥥1 cup grated coconut and 1 tsp yeast with sugar

🍗Stew: 500g chicken or mixed vegetables

🥥400ml coconut milk (thin and thick)

🥔Potato, carrot and onion

🌿Green chillies, ginger, curry leaves and whole spices

Method

Serves 2

Grind the rice and coconut into a smooth batter, add the yeast and leave to ferment overnight.

For the stew, fry whole spices, onion, ginger and chillies in coconut oil.

Add the chicken or vegetables and thin coconut milk and simmer until tender, then add the thick coconut milk.

Pour a ladle of batter into a hot appam pan, swirl to coat the sides and cover until the centre is spongy.

Serve the appams hot with the stew.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Appam and stew is a classic Kerala breakfast, especially among Syrian Christian families at Easter and Christmas.

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