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Today we are going to make vatteyappam.
This is a traditional recipe of kerala.
This is prepared by making a batter of soaked rice and dry coconut.
This dish is very nutritious and healthy.
This is also known as steamed rice cake.
So come, let's prepare vatteyappam.
Soaked rice - 1 cup (Wash and soak the rice for about 2 hours)
Remove the extra water
Take small sized rice for vatteyappam.
Cooked rice - 1/2 cup
Coconut (Nariyal) - ½ cup (Cut the coconut, remove the cover and grate it)
Powder sugar - 4 tsp
Raisin (Kishmish) - 12-15
Cashew nut (Kaju) - 10-15
Green cardamom (Chhoti elaichi) - 4
Active dry yeast - ½ tsp
Desi ghee - 2 tsp
To make vattayappam, first we will grind the rice and coconut and prepare a batter.
Add the rice in the mixer jar.
Add a little water to the jar.
grind the rice.
Our rice are crushed.
Now add grated coconut and cooked rice to the mixer jar.
Add instant dry yeast as well.
Add some more water.
Now grind it once again.
Our batter is now ready.
The batter is thick.
Take out the batter in a bowl.
Our mixture is a bit little thick, so add some more water to it.
Add 1 tsp sugar to it.
Add the remaining sugar later on.
Mix well.
We have added active dry yeast directly in the rice.
If you are taking dry yeast, then add it in lukewarm water and sugar to make it active.
Once bubles are formed in water, it means that the yeast is active then we will add it to the rice.
Our batter is now ready.
Now cover the batter and keep it in a warm place for 2-3 hours. The batter will ferment and will double in size.
Then we will prepare the vatteyappam.
Cover and keep it aside.
Our batter is ready and now we'll steam it.
Now add powdered sugar to the batter as per your choice.
You can increase or decrease the qunatity of sugar as per your choice.
Add cardamom powder and mix well.
Do not stir the batter too much just mix the sugar and cardamom powder.
Now we'll take the plate in which we want to make the vattayapam.
Add water to a pan and let it heat.
You can take any utensil in which our plate fits in easily.
Add 2 to 3 cups water in it.
Turn on the flame.
Take a stand and put the plate on top of this.
Pour the batter inside the plate and place it over the stand.
Pour the batter in it.
Grease the plate using ghee.
Pour the batter in the plate.
Make sure to fill the plate half as once the batter is heated it will become fluffy.
Once the water starts boiling, place the plate inside the pan.
The water starts boiling so lets heat it.
Place the plate inside the pan.
Cover the pan and let it cook for 20 minutes.
Till the time the vattayapam is heated, let's cut the cashews.
Cut each cashew into 5-6 pieces.
And then roast.
Roast cashews and raisins.
Add a little ghee in a bowl.
Once the ghee melts, add cashews and raisins to it and roast a little.
Turn off the flame.
Our batter has been cooked for 15-20 minutes, so now open the cover and add roasted cashews and raisins from the top.
Now cover it again and let it cook for 5 minutes.
Insert a knife inside to check if the batter is ready.
The knife comes out clear.
Our vattayapam is now ready.
Now let's take it out from the bowl.
Leave it open for sometime so that it cools down.
Then we will take it out from the plate.
The vattayappam batter is now cool.
Take it out from the plate.
Remove it from the sides this way.
Flip the plate and pat a little.
Our vatteyapam is ready.
Vatteyappam is ready, so let's cut it now.
Vatteyappam or steamed rice is now ready.
Very tasty vatteyappam is prepared.
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