Aapam

Ingredients:

1. Parboiled rice - 2 Cups
2. Raw Rice - 2 cups
3. Urad dhal - 2 tablespoons
4. Fenugreek - 1 teaspoon
5. Salt to taste

Procedure:

• Soak all ingredients (without salt) together for 2 to 3 hours
• Wash well before grinding and grind it to a very fine consistency
• Remove the batter to a vessel
• Wash the grinder with one cup of water and heat this water to a conjee consistency
• Cool it and add it to the ground batter with salt (This congee makes it very soft)
• Allow it to ferment for 8 hours
• Pour one ladle in the aapam pan and rotate the pan so the batter is spread thin on the edges with a slight bulge in the center
• Cover it with the lid
• When it is done in a couple of minutes, remove it
• Make sure the center is well cooked

This will go well with Coconutchutney( see recipe elsewhere in this blog) and coconut milk