நெய் அப்பம் / Nei Appam

Nei Appam is offered to Lord Ganesha on "Vinayakar Chaturthi Day"

Ingredients

• Wheat flour - 1 cup
• Rice flour - 1/2 cup
• Thick coconut milk - 3/4 cup
• Jaggery - 3/4 cup
• Banana - 1
• Elachi powder - a pinch
• Ghee - as needed

Method

• Take jaggery in a thick kadai and pour 1/4 cup of water
• Heat the kadai and allow the jaggery to dissolve in water.Switch off the stove and filter the jaggery water to discard the impurities

• In a mixing bowl add mashed banana, wheat flour and rice flour
• Pour jaggery extract and coconut milk.Add a pinch of elachi powder and mix well to form a thick batter like dosa

• Leave it for half an hour
• Heat a paniyaram mold over the gas stove.Drop 2 teaspoons of ghee in each and every mould
• Carefully pour the appam batter using a small ladle 
• After 2 minutes you will notice small bubbles appearing.Carefully flip it on to the other side and our 1 more teaspoon of ghee again in each and every mold

• Cook for another 1 minute in low flame
• Ensure to fry them dark
• You may directly fry it in oil also