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You can potentially make this in an omlette pan too but the appam would be quite flat with not enough crispy lacy bit. Usually it is being asked that how to use leftover ripe banana and the suggestions always end up on banana cake, banana bread or banana pancake.
Lovely step by step presentation, will surely try and let u know, i did one version of it following Valli's recipe which was equally good. You want the batter to be flowy, somewhere between dosa and rava dosa batter or Pan cake and crepe batter. To help with this, add a few tablespoons of rice flour(1 tablespoon at a time) and thicken the batter.Unmatched heat retention:Crafted from pure iron ore material, this appam pan heats up quickly and retains heat for longer, saving cooking gas and providing consistent cooking temperatures. Achaya states that appam was well-established in ancient Tamil country as mentioned in Sangam, with poems also describing appam along with modakam being sold at street markets in ancient city of Madurai. String hoppers are made from steamed rice flour made into a dough with water and a little salt, and forced through a mould similar to those used for pasta to make the strings. There are multiple styles of fermenting appam, and some Jewish historians have noted that the Cochin Jews of Kerala used fresh toddy instead of yeast.
It will begin to thicken, continue stirring vigourosly till it appears like a transparent thick mixture.
Once hot, season the pan with a little oil and pour a ladle full of batter on to the center of the pan. If you have never seen an appam being made, you must see the video to understand the hand movements. Add the cooled cooked batter to the remaining ground appam batter and mix well such that there are no lumps. Not only can you enjoy your favorite dishes more often now, they are all less than half the calories you consumed before.