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Rice appe recipe | chawal ke appe | how to make rice appe | rice appe with chutney

Author Nehas Cook Book
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 26 minutes
Soaking time 6 hours
Total Time 6 hours 31 minutes
Course Breakfast, Snack
Cuisine south indian
Servings 4

Ingredients
 

For rice appe

  • 1 cup small grain rice
  • ½ cup poha
  • ¼ tsp methi dana
  • 1.5 cup buttermilk or as required to soak mixture
  • 1 tbsp oil
  • 1 tsp mustard seeds
  • 1 tsp chana dal
  • 1 tsp urad dal
  • 7-8 curry leaves
  • Pinch of hing
  • ¼ cup chopped onion
  • 2-3 chopped green chilli
  • ¼ cup coriander leaves
  • Salt to taste
  • ¼ tsp baking soda
  • ½ tsp lemon juice
  • Oil to cook appe

For spicy green chutney

  • ½ cup fresh coconut pieces
  • ¼ cup roasted chana dal
  • 3-4 spicy green chilli
  • ¼ cup coriander leaves
  • 5-6 mint leaves
  • 5-6 curry leaves
  • ¼ tsp cumin seeds
  • 1 small pieces of tamarind
  • ½ tsp sugar
  • Salt to taste
  • Water to grind chutney

Tempering for chutney

  • 1 tbsp oil
  • 1 tsp mustard seeds
  • ½ tsp urad dal
  • Pinch of hing
  • 1 small pieces of red chilli

Instructions

Making rice appe

  • In a mixing bowl wash rice and poha. then add methi dana and buttermilk. Mix well and soak it for 5-6 hrs.
  • Then in a mixture jar, add the soaked mixture, and without adding any water grind it.
  • Take out batter into mixing bowl. The batter should be medium thick and pouring consistency.
  • Then in a tadka pan, add oil, mustard seeds, chana dal, urad dal, curry leaves, hing, chopped onion, and chopped green chili. Sauté it
  • Now add tadka to the batter. also add coriander leaves, salt, baking soda, and lemon juice. Mix well and the batter is ready.
  • Then in a tadka pan, add 1 tbsp oil and 1.5 ladle batter. Cover and cook on low flame till appe is properly cooked and crispy from both sides.
  • Or you can heat and grease the appe pan with oil.
  • now pour the batter into moulds. make sure to add little oil in each mould to get a crispy appe.
  • cover and cook for 2 minutes or until the appe is cooked well. further, flip gently and cook both sides.
  • enjoy rice appe with spicy green chutney.

Making green chutney

  • In a mixture jar, coconut pieces, chana dal, green chili, coriander leaves, mint leaves, curry leaves, cumin seeds, tamarind, sugar, salt, and water.
  • Grind it and take out the mixture into a bowl.
  • Now in a tadka pan, add oil, mustard seeds, urad dal, thing, and dry red chili. Saute it.
  • add tadka into chutney and mix well.
  • Serve spicy green coconut-coriander chutney with rice appe.

Notes

  • use small grain rice for appe batter.
  • the ratio of poha should be half that of rice.
  • methi dana helps to fasten the fermenting process.
  • soak mixture into buttermilk helps to fasten the fermenting process.
  • grind the soaked mixture with buttermilk, do not add any extra water while grinding it.
  • make medium thick and pour consistency of the batter.
  • add fine rava if your batter is slightly thin.
  • cook appe on low flame; do not cook it on high flame otherwise it becomes raw from inside.
  • appe taste great when it is slightly hot and served with spicy chutney.