Authentic Taste of Traditional Tea Time Snacks, Sweets and Savouries
Recipe Name: Sweet-Cake / Unniyappam
Ingredients (No of Serves): White/Dosa Rice – 2 Cups Palayamkodan/Yelakki Banana – 6 pieces Salt – a pinch Black Sesame Seeds – 1 tablespoon Dried Coconut pieces – 2 tablespoons Cardamom Powder – Grinded along with sugar Jaggery Syrup – as required for your taste.. Ghee/Coconut Oil – required for frying

(No. of Serves: One Box has 10 pieces: enough for 2-3 people)

Procedure/Method: Take 2 cups of white/dosa rice and wash well until it is clean and water becomes clear. Then soak it for 6-8 hours in water. Grind the rice in two three batches in a small mixer jar by adding a very small amount of water (3-4 tablespoons of water each time). The batter should not be too fine. Pour the batter into a container. Take 6-8 small fully ripened Palayamkodan/Yelakki bananas. Peel and grind the bananas into a smooth paste and add to the rice batter. Stir using your hand and mix it well.

Then melt and strain jaggery to make Jaggery Syrup. Pour this lukewarm jaggery syrup into the batter and mix well. Roast coconut pieces and black sesame seeds in 2 tbsp of ghee until brown shade. Add the above along with cardamom powder and a pinch of salt to batter and mix well. Taste the batter and adjust the sweetness according to your taste. Close the batter and allow it to ferment for 8-12 hours in a warm place.

Take an unniyappam mould and pour coconut oil/ghee. When it is hot, pour one tablespoon of batter into each mould and adjust the flame to medium and flip the unniyappam and fry until it becomes golden brown colour.

Tips: Banana adds more taste and flavour, which also helps to ferment well.