Palappam Recipe

Palappam Recipe

 Ingredients:

• roasted rice flour - one cup
• milk powder - two tablespoon
• sugar - one and half table spoon
• salt - one fourth tsp
• active dry yeast -one fourth tsp
• water as needed

 Method:

• take one tbs flour into a saucepan and add three fourth cup of water
• cook this on medium flame, stirring continuously , until thickened
• let this cool
• add yeast and one teaspoon sugar into half cup of luke warm water and set aside until frothy
• add flour,sugar,salt, milk powder, activated yeast and warm rice cream into a mixing bowl
• add warm water little by little and make a loose batter
• add this into the mixer jar and run for about thirty seconds
• pour this batter into a big vessel
• keep this in a warm place for three hours for fermentation
• heat up palappachatti 
• pour a ladleful of batter into the appachatti
• twist around the pan to spread the batter in circular shape
• cover and cook until edges leave the pan
• serve the appam with your favourite curry

 Notes

• you can use milk instead of milk powder
• the batter should have a loose consistency
• the fermentation time may vary depending on the weather

Super Easy Orange Sponge Cake Recipe

Orange Cake

 Ingredients :

• orange - 1
• all purpose flour/maida - 1cup[140g]
• eggs -4 
• sugar -1/2 cup [112g]
• veg.oil - 1/4 cup
• vanilla extract - 1tsp
• a pinch of salt
• baking powder - 1tsp

 Method

• preheat oven at 160 degree Celsius
• to bake this on stove top, add some salt in a heavy bottomed vessel;place a ring inside;preheat this on medium flame 
• grease a 7inch square tin or an 8 inch round tin and line with butter paper
• grate the outer orange part of the orange
• squeeze out the orange juice[1/4 cup]
• beat together eggs and sugar for 5 - 6 minutes,until pale and fluffy
• sift in flour, baking powder and salt in parts to the egg mix and fold in gently
• add oil, orange juice [ 1/4 cup ]and vanilla extract and combine well
• pour this batter into the prepared tin
• bake this at 160 degree Celsius for 35 to 45 minutes or a toothpick inserted at the centre of the cake comes out clean
• on stove top bake this on low - medium flame for 35 to 45 minutes or a toothpick inserted at the centre of the cake comes out clean
• cut the cake when it is completely cool

 Notes

• wash the orange before grating the zest

Parippu Vada Recipe Kerala Style

Parippu Vada

 Ingrdients:

• peas dal/muttar dal/vada parippu - 1.5 cups[300g]
• onion - 1
• shallots - 5
• ginger - 1 big piece
• green chillies - 4 - 5
• curry leaves
• dried red chillies - 3
• salt as needed
• hinge - 1/2 tsp
• fennel seeds - 1tsp
• chilly powder - 1 tsp

 Method

• wash and soak the dal in water for minimum four hours
• drain well 
• keep aside two table spoons of soaked dal
• crush the remaining dal into a coarse paste, without adding water
• add the dal which had been kept aside into the ground dal
• chop onion, chillies,ginger,shallots and curry leaves
• add these into the crushed dal
• add salt,hinge,fennel seeds and chilly powder
• mix everything very well
• make lemon sized balls from this mix
• flatten them with your palms
• deep fry in hot oil until brown
• serve them hot with tea or coffee

 Note

• you can use kadala parippu/chana dal instead of peas dal