Aappa Recipe
- 1/2 kg Rice flour, sievedc 1 slice of bread
- 1 1/2 c. Coconut water, about (360 ml.) Salt to taste
- 1 tsp Sugar, (5 g.)
- 2 Tbsp. Toddy, (30 ml.)
- 3 c. Coconut lowfat milk, extracted from 1 grated coconut (720 ml.) Oil for cooking
- SOAK the bread in coconut water.
- Mix the rice flour, salt, sugar, toddy and bread soaked in coconut water to obtain a soft dough.
- Cover the dough with a muslin cloth and leave overnight (for 12 hrs) to rise.
- Add in sufficient coconut lowfat milk to the dough and mix it to make a thick batter.
- Heat a small iron pan with side handles or possibly a kadai.
- Grease it well with oil.
- Pour in about five tablespoonfuls of the batter.
- Lift the pan with the side handles and give it a circular twist until the pan is coated right around with the batter.
- (Break an egg at this stage into the centre of the hopper to make an egg hopper).
- Cover with a tight fitting lid and cook on low heat until the sides or possibly border is crisp brown and lacy with a soft and cooked centre.
- Serve with any of the sambols and hoddha.
- To prevent the hoppers from sticking to the pan, fry the yolk of an egg in the pan before preparing the hoppers.
- NOTES : (Hoppers)
flour, coconut water, sugar, coconut lowfat milk
Taken from cookeatshare.com/recipes/aappa-62103 (may not work)