Thainara Appams for the Soul

Homemade traditional pancakes made using claypots. Thainara appam is a malayalam word and can be translated in english as Honeyhive Pancakes. As you can see it definitly look like one. Its socked in sweetened coconut milk.. which makes it sweet n mouthwatering. :)


Its my all time favourite which I have often when i go back to my hometown Edamuttam,Thrisur, Kerala.
Its a recipy that my mom makes me and instantly steal my heart away! :)

Its a Tea/coffee time snack and you too can steal hearts of any guests who suddenly turn up at your door unexpected for tea.

The main different and the most impatient part in making these is that it is made using a curved clay pot. You need to prepare the pot first or it could be a pain n the neck when you actually start making the appams.

(Important!!) Prepare the clay pot :

• Wash with plain water.
• Heat pot on stove to high heat with some tamarind water and bring to boil.
  
• Let it simmer for 15-20mins.
• throw the tamarind water away and wash pot again with plain water.

This method is done first so that the appams will come off easily from the pot when cooked. Kind of makng it non-stick pot. You can use this clay pot for making future thainara appam.

Ingredients:

500g plain flour( maidha flour)
2 eggs

Beat flour and eggs together and add water constently to get a smooth constancy of the batter
Add a pinch of salt. Blend using a egg beater so that the batter bubbles up.

Heat the prepared claypot to high heat. Make sure its seething hot. Apply the a small amount of batter on to the center of the pot spread the batter with a gentle circular movement so as to get the bubbles to form on it. The bubbles will burst as the appams get cooked and it makes it look like a honeyhive. The more bubble appear the more tiny holes it makes.
Once cooked scoop out the appams using a flat metal spoon. Make a few palm sized appams and keep aside to cool.

For the sweetened coconut milk:

1 cup grated coconut. Blend it in a mixy or juicer and extract the coconut milk. Add 4-5 tbsp of sugar and dissolved it in the coconut milk. Add a pinch of salt.

Now your Appams are Ready.. and your sweetened milk too!

Soak the appams in the coconut milk and serve on plate.

happy cooking!