Mor appam
Palakad style mor appam , a healthy and easy breakfast recipe
- Prep time
- 15 min
- Cook time
- 4 hr 23 min
- Yield
- 16 servings
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
- 1 cup raw rice
- 1/3 cup urad dal
- 1 tbsp chana dal
- Salt to taste
- Oil to cook the mor appam
- 1/2 cup curd | yogurt
- 1/4 tsp red chili powder
- 1 tbsp sesame oil
- 1/2 tsp mustard seeds
- 1 tbsp urad dal
- 1 tbsp chana dal
- Few coriander leaves chopped
- Few curry leaves chopped
- 2 green chilis chopped
- 2 pinches asafoetida
Instructions
- 1
In a bowl add the rice, urad dal and chana dal.
- 2
Wash this twice and soak this for 3 hours.
- 3
Drain the water and add ½ cup of curd to this.
- 4
Grind this into a smooth paste.
- 5
No need to add water while grinding, the curd is enough.
- 6
Transfer this to a vessel and add salt.
- 7
Mix well using your hands and allow this to ferment this for 3 hours.
- 8
Some people don’t ferment this and straight away make the mor appam.
- 9
Fermentation makes it even more soft.
- 10
In a pan add 1 tbsp sesame oil.
- 11
Add mustard seeds, urad dal, chana dal, coriander leaves, curry leaves and green chilis.
- 12
Saute till the dal turns golden brown and add asafoetida.
- 13
Mix well and add this to the batter.
- 14
Add ¼ tsp red chili powder.
- 15
Mix well and the consistency should be like a idli batter.
- 16
If it is thick, add thick butter milk to adjust the consistency.
- 17
Add little oil to the paniyaram pans.
- 18
Cover and cook it for few minutes.
- 19
Once one side is cooked, open and flip this.
- 20
Cook till the other side also cooks up well.
- 21
Take out and repeat to finish.
- 22
Serve Mor appams with kara chutney or coconut chutney.