VATTAYAPPAM

INGREDIENTS

Raw rice [pachari] – 1 cup
Cooked rice – 2 table spoon
Grated coconut  - 1 cup
Yeast - 1/4 tea spoon
Sugar – 4 table spoon
Cardamom – 4 nos
Water – as required
Salt – for taste

PREPARATION

Soak 2 cups of raw rice for 3/4 hrs.Then grind well with grated coconut,cooked rice.Add salt,yeast,crushed cardomom and sugar.Keep for 5 or 6 hrs for fermenting. Then take a round deep cooking vessel and smear some ghee in it.Then pour the batter in the plate and keep it in the steamer for 5 minutes in high flame.Then lower the flame and steam it for 10 to 15 minutes.Open the steamer and take the plate out side and allow to cool. Remove it from the plate and cut in to pieces and serve. Tasty evening snack.

Note : Adding coconut water  will add taste to vattayappam.