Orappam

What is Orappam?

Orappam is a delicacy of Catholics in Kerala, most of us remember having it during Christmas or Easter in our childhood days.

It used to be long process at that time when our grandmothers used to make them, they manually squeeze the coconuts to get the milk and pound the rice and even burn coconut shells and place them on top of the pan to bake the Orappam. Now it is all simplified and used all canned products and Oven to make Orappam.

This receipe is for all those people who still remember eating orappam.

Ingredients
1 cup of rice flour
1/4 kilogram melted Jaggery(you can substitute sugar with Jaggery) Y
1 egg
Coconut milk taken from one coconut
1 tbls spn ghee
1/2 t spn cake Jeera/caraway seeds
1/2 t spn cardomom powder
1/4 tspn nutmeg powder
10 cashews broken in to pieces

Take half of coconut milk and add 1 cup of water to it and boil it. for 10 minutes.

Beat the egg and add the rest of the coconut milk, melted Jaggery, rice flour, spices and the ghee. Mix well. Add the boiled coconut milk along with the cashews.

In a thick bottom pan, heat the above mix on medium heat, stirring often. It will get lumpy as you cook and that is ok. Once the mix forms a thick lump( ie, there is no more liquid) put in to a 7 inch buttered cake pan. Level the top with a spoon.

Pour the coconut oil on top.

Pre heat oven to 350 degrees F( 170 C). bake it for about 20 minutes till the top is golden brown. Take it out of the oven and cool for 10 mints. Cut it in to slices and serve

Banana fritters/Pazham pori

Pazham Pori Ready

One thing Malayalees can't resist is the sight of fried vazhaka appam. It's no wonder to see people thronging in front of tea shop having a tea glass in one hand, and a kadi in another.

And, in most cases, it's the vazhaka appam that's the first choice for people. 

So, that's one reason I'm sharing my version of vazhaka appam recipe. 

Ingredients:

• Ripe banana 2 big
• Maida 1 cup
• Water as rqd
• Salt •
• Oil

Banana Sliced 

Peel the banana skin and cut it into thin (length wise) pieces.

Banana dipped in the mix

Steps to make Banana Fritters

1. Add required amount of water and little salt into the maida.
2. Make it to a thick batter.
3. Dip the banana slices in batter and fry it well .
   
   
   Hope to see pics of pazham pori you made. 
   
   

Diamond Cuts

My grand mom used to make these diamond cuts during our summer vacations. I am missing those days.... so thought of making some diamond cuts. This is how she made them



Ingredients to Make Diamond Cuts:-

• Maida - 1 cup
• Oil - 2 tbsp
• Sugar - 5 Tbsp
• Salt - 1 tsp
• Warm Water - 1/2 cup
• Oil - for deep frying
• crushed cardamom -1/2 tsp

Make a dough by mixing maida, salt, oil and warm water and roll it flat

















Use a pizza cutter make a vertical cut first cut and then horizontal cut to form a diamond shape



















Fry this in hot oil .Deep fry them..


































In a kadai add sugar, little water and crushed cardamom and let it bubble, then slowly add the the fried diamond cuts and leave it for a minute and then take it out from the kadai and let it cool and serve them.