April 5, 2010

VATTAYAPPAM (Easter Special -1) - Steamed Rice cake

Vattayapam - Steamed Rice Cake



HAPPY EASTER TO ALL MY BLOGGY FRIENDS :)

Finally Easter!!! yahoooooo... this is my little princesses first easter and I wanted to make it as special as it could be :).... i made 3 special dishes on this day and this is one of them :).. We took pics where she was cutting the appam (of course we were there to help ;) )... Every Easter we do somethign special..but all days this easter was most special to me with my child :).....

This is one special appam where you can make it easily within no time (except for the fermentation part though). Can be a savoury for the children and I bet they will be asking for u more :)


Ingredients :


Raw Rice - 1 cup
Coconut - 3/4 cup
Cooked Rice - 2 Tbsp
Yeast - 1 tsp
Sugar - 2 tbsp + 1/2cup
Water - 1/3 cup
Nuts - 6 nos roasted in ghee
Raisins - few nos roasted in ghee


Preparation
Soak the rice overnight or for 6-8 hours. Grind the rice to paste in a mixie with minimum amount of water just to make the mixie run. Then remove about 2 tbsp of the coarsely grounded rice mix and keep aside.
Keep the yeast soaked with sugar (2 tbsp) in 1/3 cup of warm water for about 10-15 mins till a dome like foam is formed.
Add in the coconut grated and cooked rice to the mixie and grind to a smooth paste. In a pan add in the 2 tbsp coarsely grounded rice mix and 1/3 cup water. Cook till soft and the mix is like a smooth dough (water will be evaporated). Add this to the grounded mix of rice and coconut and grind again. Add in the yeast mix and again vroom vrrom :). The batter will be like sort of idli batter and remove and keep in a big container as the batter will rise. Keep it in a warm place about for 6 hours. Then add in the 1/ cup sugar mix and keep for about 2 hours more aside.


In a pressure cooker add water to steam cook in a round pan (pan that comes with pressure cooker). Rub ghee to the pan and keep aside. Add the nuts and raisins that has been roasted in ghee into the batter, mix and pour the batter into the pan. Cover with a aluminium foil. Make sure the pan is not kept low enough as water might get in. Steam cook for about 20-25min. To check if its done put a knife through and if the knife comes out neatly then its done :).




P.S : in case you want the nuts and raisns over the top decorate after 10 mins of steam cook over the batter and then resume with the steam cook :).




Cheers,
Neetz ;)

33 comments:

MyExperimentsWithFood said...

Appam looking so delicious. New to me. Happy easter to you too.

Swathi said...

Neethu,

Vattayappam looks really good.

PranisKitchen said...

Appam looks delicious.hope u had wonderful Easter with ur little princess.

Unknown said...

Lovely and delicious vattayappam! Nice clicks too..

Rumana Rawat said...

This looking very very beautiful...
http://rumanarawat.blogspot.com/

Vrinda said...

Delicious vattayappam..so perfect

Hamaree Rasoi said...

consimid
This steamed rice cake is healthy and delicious. Nice click....

Deepa
http://hamareerasoi.blogspot.com/

Tina said...

Wow my fav appam...Looks sooo soft and spongy..Angane easter thakarthulle...Nice click too dear...

Pavithra Elangovan said...

Looks so yummy.. and the clicks are awesome too.

Sushma Mallya said...

such a beautiful rice cake,perfect one...

priya said...

perfect n excellent photography

Ms.Chitchat said...

Delicious looking appam. Maiden Easter wishes to ur lil one.

BeenaShylesh said...

wow ennikku bayankkaram eshttam annu...but nammal kurachu koodi vere styleyil annu undakkunnathu...

Rekha shoban said...

wow!perfect vattayappam and delicious!

Ash said...

Hey Neetu..... That is so yummy... I love the look & the texture... very fluffy..... soft soft cushiony cushiony........ I loved it a lot & very tempting... no doubts.... KUDOS!!!!!

Ash....
(http://asha-oceanichope.blogspot.com/)

Priya Suresh said...

Such a beautiful vattayappam..looks truly delicious..Happy Easter..

Simplyfood said...

Yummy rice cakes I love the addition of the garnishing on the top.

Jeyashris Kitchen said...

delicious looking appams.nice click

Cool Lassi(e) said...

Looking good. Love the steamed rice cake!

Sarah Naveen said...

Awesome!! Awesome!!My fav...kothiyavunu..

I'm a Home Chef !!! said...

vattayappam with lots of cashews...wow mouth watering!!!

Panchpakwan said...

Looks so yummy cake..nice click too..

Krishnaveni said...

Great...looks very nice...

Yasmeen said...

Hope you had a blessed Easter.Love the fluffy rice cake :D

AdukalaVishesham said...

Yummy.. Vattayappam looks perfect... And happy Easter dear

Home Pantry said...

Thats a good looking appam u have got!

home pantry said...

Good

Dolly Sharma said...

OMG Neetz..LOve this steamed rice cake...Looks inviting and delicious.I'm sure ur little princess must have loved it too..Happy Easter to you and ur family. This is new to me and you bet I'm going to try this soon..VATTAYAPPAM..I'm trying to memorize the name..lol.

Subhie Arun said...

aapam looking so delicious....nice click..frst time here..u have wonderful space will leep visiting

Shama Nagarajan said...

delicious cake...too tempting

Shabs.. said...

I love this stuff like anything....we call it pola....dint make it in a while though..

Ann said...

Wow.. perfectly steamed and looks so tempting. Great pics too.

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