Ingredients
- Raw rice or pachari - 2 cups.
- Yeast - 1/2 teaspoon.
- Cooked rice - 4 tablespoons .
- Grated coconut - 1 cup.
- Sugar - as you need.
- Salt - a pinch.
- Cardamom powder - 1/4 teaspoon
- Nuts and raisins - 1/2 cup
- Cherry fruit - for garnishing.
- Ghee / oil - for greasing.
Instructions
- Soak the rice in water for about four hours.
- Grind together the soaked rice, sugar, yeast, salt, cooked rice, grated coconut and cardamom powder in a mixture grinder.
- Grind it to a smooth and pouring consistency.
- Keep it aside for about six hours so that it gets fermented.
- Now the batter is ready for steaming.
- At this moment, check the sugar and salt of the batter.
- Now grease a stainless steel plate.
- Mix the raisins and nuts to the batter.
- Pour the batter into the greased plate.
- Now switch on the stove and place a steamer on the stove.
- Place the plate with batter into the steamer.
- Steam and cook it covered for about 20-25 minutes.
- To know whether it is completely cooked, insert a toothpick into the vattayappam.
- If the toothpick comes out clean, then the vattayappam is done.
- When done, remove it from flame and open the lid of the steamer to avoid moisture.
- Then allow the vattayappam to get cooled.
- Cut it into desired shape.
- Garnish it with cherry fruit and serve hot as a snack or as a breakfast dish.