Milk Hoppers (Appa)
- 8 cups rice flour
- 1 cup of coconut water
- 1 cup of lukewarm water
- 200 ml coconut milk
- 2 tbsp sugar
- 2 tbsp oil
Yeast mixture
- 4 tbsp yeast
- 2/8 cup of lukewarm water
- 1 tbsp sugar
Method
- Mix the Ingredients of the yeast mixture and leave for 15 minutes until frothy. (Use a new packet of yeast)
- Get a deep clay pot (wet) and add the rice flour and the yeast mixture.
- Add the 1 cup of lukewarm water and the coconut water to the mixture and mix it well
- Cover the clay pot with a wet cloth leave for about eight hours in a warm dry place (it should be double the size after 8hrs)
- Finally before preparation and the coconut milk and 2tbsp of sugar and stir well (the batter should be thinner than the pancake mixture)
- Add salt to taste
- Place the hopper pan in medium low heat (it can be used a non-stick hopper pan)
- Dip a small piece of cloth in oil and rub the pan thoroughly with the oiled-cloth.
- Add about 1/4 cup of the hopper batter to the pan and turn the pan in a circular motion (Which the batter sticks to the sides of the pan. Batter will not stick to the pan properly if the heat is high)
- Cover from a lid and cook for a minute under medium low heat
- Use a butter knife to loosen the edges of the hopper
- Serve hot with Katta Sambo, Seeni Sambole or with meat or fish curry
- Rice flour should be firmly grinned
- Use a wet clay pot as it will make easy to foamed
- Do not add salt when mixing as it will not form properly
- If the hoppers are difficult to remove add a beaten egg to the mixture and stir well
- If the edges of the hopper are not crispy, add a another tbsp sugar