NEIYAPPAM
This sweet little bonbons are made by my mother weekly once, as a neivethyam for ranganathar. also in sabarimala this is served as a main prasadham. Soft, delicious and mildly sweet with richness of clarified butter, and crunchy dried coconut flakes, Whenever she makes this at home, it disappears within seconds! Ingredients: Whole wheat flour-1 cup Maida- 1 cup Rice flour- 1cup Baking soda a pinch Powdered jaggery- 1.5 cups Dried coconut flakes( kopparai sillu) -1tbsp Ghee( clarified butter)- 1/2 cup Caradamom powder- 1 tsp Method: Dissolve jaggery in 1 cup of water. Boil and filter. Allow it to cool slightly. Add all the other ingredients, except ghee. Mix the jaggery and some more water, and make into a batter( med consistency).Make sure that there are no lumps. Heat the appampaatra/ kuzhipaniyaarakal. Add 1 tsp of ghee in each slot. Pour one small ladle of batter, it should be 3/4 of slot.Add 1 tsp of ghee on top of that. After frying one side, ...