Ingredients

• Plain rice - 2 cups
• Fresh grated coconut - 1/2 cup
• Banana (ripe) - 1/2
• Coconut water - 1/2 cup (optional)
• Sodium bicarbonate - a pinch
• Salt to taste

How to Make Aappam with banana

• Soak the rice in water for 4-5 hours.
• Grind the rice, grated coconut, banana, into a fine paste by adding enough water (or coconut water).
• Add the salt and leave it aside for 5 hours to ferment.
• Then add the sodium bicarbonate and mix well by adding some more water. (The batter should flow freely from the spoon.)
• Heat a frying pan, pour a tbsp of the batter and spread it like a dosa.
• Pour 1 tsp of oil and cover the pan with a lid.
• Allow it to cook for 10 minutes.
• Serve hot with coconut chutney or coconut milk or kurma.