How to make Appam without yeast

• Wash and Soak par boiled rice and urad dal for 6 hours.
• Grind it along with cooked rice. The batter should be really smooth. I ground the batter in a wet grinder and it took around 30 minutes to achieve the consistency. Remove it to a bowl and add salt.
• Take 2 tsp of batter in a bowl and add 1/2 cup of water to it. Now heat this over a medium flame and stir continuously. when it becomes thick, remove it off the heat and let it cool. once cooled, add it to the batter.
• Let this ferment overnight.
• The batter should be thin unlike idli/dosa batter. So adjust consistency by adding water.
• You need a special pan for making appam and it is called appam pan or appa setti in tamil. Heat the pan.
• Once it is hot, pour a ladleful of batter to the pan and swirl the pan holding the handle of the pan.
• Cover and cook in slow flame. It just takes 1 or 1 1/2 minutes to cook. Do not flip. Serve hot.
• The appam will be soft and spongy. Soak it with coconut milk and sugar. Enjoy!