Velleppam with Vegetable Stew

Call it Velleppam, Palappam or Appam. We all like it. Don't we?

Velleppam : 
Ingredients (Makes 10 to 12 Pieces)

White raw rice: 1 Cup
Cooked boiled rice: 1/2 Cup
Grated coconut: 1/2 Cup
Yeast: 1/2 Tea Spoon
Sugar: 1 Table Spoon
Salt: As Required
Water: As Required

 

  
Requirement : Appachatti

Appachatti

Cooking time: One night + 10 minutes
Method

Soak white rice for 2 to 3 hours
Then grind white rice, cooked boiled rice and grated coconut till it becomes very smooth. Add water as needed.
Consistency should be medium. not too thin or thick
Pour this to a large bowl
Add yeast to it and mix well
Keep this over night
Before cooking add sugar and required salt. Mix well
Pour little batter into a appachatti turn the batter circular to spread the batter all round the appachatti
Close the lid and cook

Vegetable Stew:

Ingredients (Serves 4 to 5 people)

Potato :1/2 Cup
Green Peas: 1/4 Cup
Onion: 1
Green Chilly: 4 - 5

Ginger Crushed: 1 Table  Spoon 

Black Pepper Crushed : 1/2 Tea Spoon

Cinnamon – 1 piece
Cloves – 3Thin
Thin Coconut milk: 11/2 Cup (taken second time)
Thick Coconut milk: 1/2 Cup (taken first time)

Curry leaves
Salt
Coconut oil : 1 Table Spoon

Cooking Time: 20 minutes

Method

To a pan, add Potato, Green Peas, Onion, Green chillies, Cinnamon, Cloves and Crushed Ginger
Add thin coconut milk and salt and cook well
Once cooked, add thick coconut milk and curry leaves
No need to boil after adding the thick coconut milk.
Let it heat in low flame.
Add the crushed black pepper and mix well
Switch off the flame, pour coconut oil and close the lid and keep aside for some time

Note:
If you wish to add more vegetables add carrots also
To make the stew more rich and thick you can add a table spoon of cashew nut paste also