Vellayappam

Ingredients:

1. Raw Rice – 2 cups
2. Cooked rice – 2 cups
3. Grated Coconut – 1 1/2 cup
4. Yeast – 1 tsp
5. Rava – 2 tsp
6. Sugar – 3 tsp
7. Salt

Preparation:

1. Soak the rice for 6-8 hrs and drain it.
2. Grind the soaked rice,cooked rice with grated coconut adding enough water.
3. In a pan, heat 1/2 cup of rava with 1 1/2 cup of water on medium flame and keep stirring till rava becomes thick and cool it.
4. Dissolve 1 tsp sugar and yeast in 1/2 cup of light warm water and keep aside for 10-15 minutes to let it rise.
5. Add the yeast mix, the rava mix  to the grinded rice and allow it to ferment for 8 hrs.
6. While preparing add sugar and salt according to your taste.
7. Heat a non-stick pan or vellappachatti.Smear the appachatti lightly with oil. Pour batter into it.
8. Take the appam chatti and rotate in one direction to spread the batter all around the vessel with more batter in the middle.
9. Cover it with a lid and let it cook for 2-3 mins until the edges of the appam turn slightly brown in color.once it is done,Slowly take out the appam with a spatula.