Unniappam Recipe | Gluten free

Ingredients:

(1 Cup = 200 ml)

2 cup rice flour

2 Banana

1 Cup Jaggery (Adjust as per your sweet preference)

4 crushed cardamoms

1 piece crushed dry ginger

1 tblsp ghee

20 coconut bits

oil as needed

Water as needed

Batter Preparation:

1.       Peel the banana skin, transfer them to the mixi jar, grind it as paste and keep aside

2.      In a pan add 1 tblsp ghee, add coconut bits and fry them till turns golden brown

3.      In a pot add 1/2 cup water and jaggery, Stirring on medium flame for the jaggery to dissolve. switch off the flame. Filter the jaggery syrub and set aside

4.      In a bowl add rice flour,filtered jaggery syrub and water if needed, mix well

5.      Add banana puree, crushed cardamom & dry ginger and fried coconut bits, mix well

6.      The batter should be thick consistency like idly batter

7.      Let it sit for 4 to 5 hours for fermentation

Unniappam preparation:

1.       Heat paniyaram pan, add 2 tblsp oil in each mould. Fill it with batter

2.      let it cook on Medium heat until the sides cook well

3.      Once it leaves the sides, flip it over the other sides

4.      Insert the toothpick centre of the Unniappam to check whether it is cook well. If the toothpick comes clean ,the Unniappam cook well

5.      Repeat the same process for remaining batter

6.      Serve the Unniappam and enjoy

Pictorial

 In a pot add powdered jaggery

Add 100 ml water,Stirring on medium flame for the jaggery to dissolve it

Jaggery dissolved

Add crushed dry ginger and cardamom, let them cook for a minutes

Filter the jaggery syrub and keep aside

In a pan add 1 tblsp ghee, add coconut bits 

Fry them till turns golden brown

Banana

Peel the banana skin, transfer them to the mixi jar

Grind them as smooth puree

In a bowl add 2 cup of rice flour

Add Filtered jaggery syrub to the rice flour(add water if need)

Mix well without any lumps

Add Banana Puree

Mix well and the batter should be idly batter consistency, let it sit for 4 to 5 hours for fermentation

Add Fried coconut bits and mix well

Heat paniyaram pan, add 2 tblsp oil in each mould

Fill with batter,let it cook on Medium heat until the sides cook well

Once it leaves the sides, flip it over the other sides

Serve the unniappam and enjoy