Idiyappam (Noolappam)

Idiyappam is a nice Kerala breakfast item, especially for festival days

Ingredients:

Rice flour          1 cup

Salt to taste

Water   - ½ to ¾ cup

Grated coconut - ¾ cup

Method:

-         Take rice flour in a bowl, add salt.

-         Boil the water and pour it over the rice flour. Mix with a spoon, wait for it to cool a little

-         Meanwhile, smear oil on the inside of idiyappam press and the idli maker

-         Now knead this into a smooth dough, adding some more water if needed

-         Fill the idiyappam press with the dough, close it and press the dough out into the idli maker.

-         Put one bottom layer, add some grated coconut, press more dough on the top

-         Similarly fill the whole idli maker

-         Heat 2 cups water in the pressure cooker. Put the idli stand inside and close the lid without the valve

-         When the steam comes out, reduce the flame and steam for ten minutes

-         Open the pressure cooker, take out the idli stand and remove the idiyamms.

-         Serve with potato stew, black chana curry or egg curry

13 June 2016

Today I steamed the idiyappam  in the pressure cooker separator instead of idli stand. It was much faster to prepare and less vessels to wash afterwards.