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    Home » Blogging Marathon » Unniyappam/ Unni appam (Kerala Style Banana Pancakes)

    Unniyappam/ Unni appam (Kerala Style Banana Pancakes)

    Published: Dec 12, 2013 · Modified: Dec 19, 2019 by Pavani · Leave a Comment

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    Blogging Marathon# 35: Week 2/ Day 3

    Theme: Regional Dishes - Course Specific

    Dish: Snack --- Unniyappam/ Unni Appam

    For Day 3 of BM# 35, I wanted to try any authentic breakfast dish from Kerala. After looking through the google search results for Kerala Breakfast recipes, Appam looked very traditional and authentic. But after seeing a couple of you tube videos, I decided it's not time for me to make appam. We are currently experiencing bitter cold temperatures and I'm sure the appam batter is not going to ferment to make soft & fluffy appams. So I went back looking for other options to make.

    Then I came across these Unniyappams/ Unni appams. Saw a youtube video and the recipe looked simple enough to make. I already have a few bananas riping away, so thought this is a good use for those too.

    Unniyapam is a traditional Kerala sweet that is offered as prasad in temples and is also served as snack. These can be made by soaking and grinding raw rice, but lazy that I am I found a recipe that uses rice flour instead. I also used much less oil than showed in the you tube video. I skipped the traditionally used coconut bits because my son is not a fan of coconut.

    I really liked how they turned out. They are crispy on the outside and soft and chewy in the inside with a distinctive banana flavor. They are perfect for tea time snack.

    Unniyappam/ Unni appam

    These little unni appam are crispy, slightly sweet and absolutely delicious. They are great to serve for breakfast or snack.
    Author: Pavani
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    Prep Time: 20 mins
    Cook Time: 20 mins
    Resting Time:: 1 hr
    Total Time: 1 hr 40 mins
    Course: Breakfast
    Cuisine: kerala
    Servings: 6 Servings

    Ingredients

    • 1 cup Rice flour
    • 1 cup Jaggery, grated (use less if you like your sweets less sweeter)
    • ½ cup Water
    • ½ teaspoon Ground Cardamom
    • 2 teaspoons Ghee/ Clarified butter
    • 1 Medium Banana, mashed
    • 2 tablespoons Coconut bits (optional)
    • 2 tablespoons Sesame seeds (optional)

    Instructions

    • In a medium size saute pan, dry roast rice flour for 3~4 minutes on medium flame, stirring frequently. Remove into a mixing bowl.
    • In the same pan, heat jaggery and water. Once jaggery melts down, turn off the heat and add this mixture to the rice flour.
    • Add all the remaining ingredients to the bowl and mix until well combined.
    • Cover and set it aside for at least 1 hour.
    • When ready to make unniyappams, mix the batter and if it too thick, add a little bit of room temperature milk to loosen it. Batter should be the thickness of idli batter.
    • Heat a aebleskiver pan and add 2tsp oil in each slot. Fill each slot with the batter and cook until golden brown. Flip the unniyappams and cook on the other side until golden brown.
    • Serve hot or at room temperature.
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    1. Lubna Karim

      December 12, 2013 at 1:19 pm

      Had these long back at a tamil friends house and loved them.....would try this version....looks yum....

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    2. Veena Theagarajan

      December 12, 2013 at 2:47 pm

      so tempting.. love the texture

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    3. Hari Chandana P

      December 12, 2013 at 4:07 pm

      Looks so divine and perfect.. awesome clicks too 🙂

      Reply
    4. Usha Rao

      December 12, 2013 at 7:45 pm

      unniyappam looks like a traditional recipe.

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    5. Sapana Behl

      December 13, 2013 at 10:03 am

      unniappam came out so soft and yummy!

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    6. Suma Gandlur

      December 17, 2013 at 7:42 pm

      They look so fluffy inside. I am assuming appam batter need to be fermented like regular idli / dosa batters, right? Meeru dosa / idli cheyara winterlo? Just asking. 🙂

      Reply
    7. Global Tastes & Travels Inc.

      December 18, 2013 at 1:01 am

      the texture inside looks so fab

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    8. Global Tastes & Travels Inc.

      December 18, 2013 at 1:01 am

      the texture inside looks so fab

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    9. Archana Potdar

      December 28, 2013 at 4:58 pm

      Its been ages since I ate these. Looks yum.

      Reply

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