Appe recipe is a classic south Indian dish that makes a great breakfast and evening snack. It is bite-sized dumplings that are crisp outside and soft inside and tastes delicious that gets ready in 15 minutes.
Add onion, green chilies, saute and cook for 3-4 minutes or until onions turn soft and translucent. Add curry leaves and turn the heat off.
1 Onion, 4 Green chilies
In a wide bowl, combine semolina, yogurt, cooked onion mixture, coriander, salt, eno fruit salt, water as required and mix until everything is well combined without any lumps.
1 cup Fine semolina (rava), ¼ cup Yogurt, 1 Teaspoon Eno fruit salt, 1 Teaspoon Salt, ½ cup Water
The batter should neither be too runny nor too thick. It should be of pourable medium thick consistency.
Heat appe pan or Aebleskiver over medium heat, add 1/4 tsp oil in each mould and grease with a brush.
1 + 2 Tablespoon Oil
Once the pan is hot, pour the batter about 3/4 full in each mould.
Cook for about 2-3 minutes until edges become firm.
Gently flip each appe over with a skewer, chopstick or wooden spatula. Cook for another 2- 3 minutes or until other side cooks well.
Remove appe from pan. Repeat the same procedure for rest of the batter.
Serve hot appe with chutney and/or sambar.
Notes
You might have to adjust the water based on the consistency of the batter as the quality of the semolina and vegetables determine the amount of water required. Also, most fresh vegetables release moisture requiring less water. So check the texture just before making appe and add water if required. Resting the batter for at least 10 minutes allows rava to soften. ** Nutritional information provided here is estimated and for guidance only.Please refer myRecipe Disclaimerfor more details.