Idiappam is an easy recipe . It is cooked in steam and it makes idiappam tasty and soft. You will need to have a idiappam maker. Varieties are available in the store. Even a pressure cooker without the weight can be used for steaming.Steaming the idiappam in banana leaves gives it more taste.
Ingredients
1) Rice Flour - 1 1/2 cup
2) Water - as required to get a smooth dough.
3) Coconut grated-1 cup
4) Required amount of salt.
How to Cook
1) Boil water.
2)Add the salt and boiled water in small amounts to the rice flour , mix it with a big spoon until we get a soft dough . Keep it for cooling. After it gets cooled , mix the dough gently with our hands.
NOTE : If using the ordinary fried rice flour , add 1 1/2 cups water to 2 cups fried rice flour . But make sure you add little water and keep checking whether the dough is soft and accordingly add required amount of water.
When you use NIRAPARA or any other branded rice flour , the ratio of water to rice flour to be used will always be given at the back side of the packet.
Refer picture below of the dough prepared which is to be put inside the idiappam maker .
3) Set the idiappam in the idiappam maker as given below.( Refer PICTURE B)
Steps for the same are given below.
Step 1 : Idiappam Maker is shown in (1).This is a cylindrical vessel with a lid on top and a metal strain at the bottom . The lid has a handle in the middle which , when rotated will squeeze the content inside out through the strain.You will have 3 or 4 options of the strains to be selected out of which you will require to take the strain with the smallest holes and put in the bottom by opening the bottom part by again turning.
Step 2: Open the idiappam maker by turning the lid. (2)
Step 3: Remove the handle part and stuff the idiappam dough mix into it (3)
Step 4: After stuffing the idiappam dough mix , put the lid back. (4)
4) Take the vessel which you are going to use for steaming the idiappam. Spread some coconut on bottom of the vessel.Sqeeze out the idiappam to form small circular mounds over the coconut as shown.
5)Sprinkle coconut over the squeezed idiappam. Close the vessel for steaming. Cook for 15 minutes.
The YUMMY IDIAPPAM is ready to be served.
1) Rice Flour - 1 1/2 cup
2) Water - as required to get a smooth dough.
3) Coconut grated-1 cup
4) Required amount of salt.
How to Cook
1) Boil water.
2)Add the salt and boiled water in small amounts to the rice flour , mix it with a big spoon until we get a soft dough . Keep it for cooling. After it gets cooled , mix the dough gently with our hands.
NOTE : If using the ordinary fried rice flour , add 1 1/2 cups water to 2 cups fried rice flour . But make sure you add little water and keep checking whether the dough is soft and accordingly add required amount of water.
When you use NIRAPARA or any other branded rice flour , the ratio of water to rice flour to be used will always be given at the back side of the packet.
Refer picture below of the dough prepared which is to be put inside the idiappam maker .
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| Dough for Idiappam |
3) Set the idiappam in the idiappam maker as given below.( Refer PICTURE B)
Steps for the same are given below.
Step 1 : Idiappam Maker is shown in (1).This is a cylindrical vessel with a lid on top and a metal strain at the bottom . The lid has a handle in the middle which , when rotated will squeeze the content inside out through the strain.You will have 3 or 4 options of the strains to be selected out of which you will require to take the strain with the smallest holes and put in the bottom by opening the bottom part by again turning.
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| Metal Strainer |
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| Step 1 - 4 |
Step 3: Remove the handle part and stuff the idiappam dough mix into it (3)
Step 4: After stuffing the idiappam dough mix , put the lid back. (4)
4) Take the vessel which you are going to use for steaming the idiappam. Spread some coconut on bottom of the vessel.Sqeeze out the idiappam to form small circular mounds over the coconut as shown.
The YUMMY IDIAPPAM is ready to be served.
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