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Appam Stew
Tiffin
Appam - soft, lacy rice pancake, stew - mild coconut-based vegetable curry
Soft, lacy appams with a mild vegetable stew made in coconut milk.
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AMMAMMA'S NOTES.
Raw Rice
1 cup
Boiled Rice
1 cup
Urad Dal
1/4th cup
Avil (Poha)
1/4th cup
Sago
4 spoons
Coconut MIlk
1/2 cup
Methi
1/2 spoon
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Wash and soak the raw rice, boiled rice, urad dal and methi for 4 hours. In another vessel, soak avil and sago.
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Grind all of the soaked ingredients together till it reaches a fine paste. Let this ferment overnight.
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Once it is fermented mix well, and make the appam in an appachatti.
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While making, brush the pan lightly with oil, add the batter, and move it around in a circular motion, till it’s evenly spread on the sides, and thick in the centre.
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Appam is best enjoyed with some steaming hot stew
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Stew
Tiffin
Stew - a slow-cooked dish of vegetables or meat in a seasoned liquid
Description: A mild coconut-based curry of potatoes and onions, gently simmered with spices until soft and creamy.
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AMMAMMA'S NOTES.
Potato
3 pieces
Onion
1 piece
Green Chilli
2 (or more)
Coconut Milk
1/4th cup
Coconut Oil
4 spoons
Ginger
a small piece
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Cut potato into small pieces, not too small (around 1 inch thick)
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Cook the potato, onion, green chilli, ginger and coconut oil in water
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Cook till the potato is soft, but not too soft.
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At the end, add coconut milk, and cook very little.
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I'D WAIT FOR DAYS LIKE THIS. I FOUND SO MUCH PEACE WATCHING HER ROTATE THE APPAM CHETTI SO SWEETLY — SHE MADE IT LOOK EFFORTLESS. MY FAVOURITE BIG-GIRL MOMENT WAS WHEN, BEFORE SUNDAY LUNCH, SHE'D CALL ME IN EARLY TO HELP MAKE THEM FOR THE FAMILY — AND IF MINE CAME OUT WELL, SHE'D PRAISE ME FOR THE REST OF THE DAY, FOR DOING THE SIMPLEST THING.
YAMINI VENKATESAN
WHAT'S FOR LUNCH, 2026