Neyyappam or Nei Appam is a Traditional Kerala Sweet, made with rice and Jaggery. These can be served as part of the festival meal or as an evening snack.

I have always loved Athirasams that are famous in so many states across India. The knack in making a Athirsamas that are soft to eat, is something one gets with practice. However with the similar ingredients and a different way of making is the Nei appam from Kerala. I first got to eat these in one of our Malayali Friend's home and later in many of the marriages we attended. The ones I loved the best were the ones we got to eat in Guruvayur Temple and I have always wanted to make these at home.

So couple of years back, I had made an instant version of these Nei appams for Ugadi and I am finally writing about the lengthy version this Ugadi! These Nei Appam are also called as Unniyappam or Unniappam. For the instant Neyyappam, you can follow my recipe.

I am yet to plan anything new for this year's Ugadi, of course the regular dishes will be made. What's your plan for the Ugadi?

Meanwhile as you ponder what you might do, enjoy these delicious Neyyappams

Neyyappam ~ Traditional Kerala Sweet

Ingredients Needed:

1 cup Raw Rice
1/4 cup Banana
3/4 cup Jaggery (1 cup if you want it very sweet)
A Pinch Cardamon Powder
A Pinch Cooking Soda
Ghee as required for cooking

How to make Neyyapam

Wash and soak the rice for 3 hrs. Then drain and grind to a smooth batter with enough water to grind.
Melt the jaggary and bring to a boil. Remove all impurities if found, sieve and keep it ready.
Once the batter is ready, mix in the jaggary, cardamon powder, banana puree, a pinch of soda.
Mix well and heat the gunta punugulu vessel/ Appey pan and grease well with ghee.
Pour one small ladleful of batter and sprinkle ghee on top. Cover with lid and cook in low flame.
Check if the side is cooked, then flip on other side and cook for another couple of minutes.
Serve hot.

Notes:

The batter has to be thick, as you will be adding the jaggery, banana puree.
Soda takes care of the softness if the batter was not liquid enough.
This is entirely roasted in lots of ghee.

Though this is cooked in this special vessel, traditionally in temples in parts of Andhra and Tamil Nadu, the batter is are directly poured into hot oil and cooked. It's more like Malpua or you can compare it as liquid batter of Athirasam.

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Neyyappam ~ Traditional Kerala Sweet

Neyyappam or Nei Appam is a Traditional Kerala Sweet, made with rice flour and Jaggery. These can be served as part of the festival meal or as an evening snack.

Course Sweets

Cuisine Kerala

Keyword Soft Neyyappam, Traditional Snack

By Cook Method Stovetop

Occasion Festival Meal

By Diet Healthy Recipes

Dish Type Festival Sweets

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 5

Total Time 3 20

Servings medium

Author Srivalli

Ingredients

1 cup Raw Rice
1/4 cup Banana
3/4 cup Jaggery 1 cup, if you want it very sweet
A Pinch Cardamon Powder
A Pinch Cooking Soda
Ghee as required for cooking

Instructions

Wash and soak the rice for 3 hrs. Then drain and grind to a smooth batter with enough water to grind.
Melt the jaggary and bring to a boil. Remove all impurities if found, sieve and keep it ready.
Once the batter is ready, mix in the jaggary, cardamon powder, banana puree, a pinch of soda.
Mix well and heat the gunta punugulu vessel/ Appey pan and grease well with ghee.
Pour one small ladleful of batter and sprinkle ghee on top. Cover with lid and cook in low flame.
Check if the side is cooked, then flip on other side and cook for another couple of minutes.

Notes

The batter has to be thick, as you will be adding the jaggery, banana puree. Soda takes care of the softness if the batter was not liquid enough. This is entirely roasted in lots of ghee.

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Comments

Vijayalakshmi Dharmaraj says

March 28, 2014 at 5:44 pm

looks very tempting and yumm... I have tasted the appam during my hostel days...

Priya Suresh says

March 28, 2014 at 5:55 pm

I can have this cuties without any hesitation anytime..One of my fav too.

Farin Ahmed says

March 29, 2014 at 12:36 am

Love the neiyappam!!! Can I have one...

Shobana Vijay says

March 29, 2014 at 5:28 am

I love neiappam...yummy dear

MonuTeena RecipesPassion says

March 29, 2014 at 6:40 am

yum the lovely delicious treats beautifully made 🙂

Sathya Priya says

March 29, 2014 at 11:53 am

I love nei appam .I can feel the taste of it now .Lovely post

Hari Chandana says

April 02, 2014 at 2:02 pm

Looks delicious!!

ruskandtea says

April 03, 2014 at 11:30 am

Woww.... this looks yum!!!

Pavani N says

April 03, 2014 at 10:06 pm

Nei appams look delicious. I tried the quick version once, will have to try the longer one some time.

Suja Ilangovan says

April 04, 2014 at 2:23 pm

Cooked in ghee is the highlight here, so yummy....Valli 🙂

Chef Mireille says

April 07, 2014 at 10:23 pm

love these sweet treats...looks so good

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