Apalu

This is a rare and time taken  and tasted and tasted  breakfast. It is very delicious dish. When we were in Nellore, my mothers aunty who used to live in Channai prepared this yummy apalu and they were very tasty. Whenever she comes to our place at Nellore, she prepared these apalu. She used to sit on the floor with the gas stove in front of her and with a big container full with apalu batter. Now she is 90+ years old andstays with her son at Channai. She still prepares Apalu with same interest and same tase. It takes much time to prepare such a treat as breakfast as we are 10 members. This apalu is easy to make but requires practice.

Ingredients

• Raw rice                                               3 cups
• Boiled rice                                            1 1/2 cup
• Black gram                                           2 tbsp
• Fenugreek seeds                                 1 tbsp
• Fresh coconut                                       1
• Salt to taste
• Oil

How to prepare

1. Soak both the rices along with black gram and fenugreek seeds in the morning.
2. Grind them in the evening into soft batter. Mean time  chop the fresh coconut and grind them well by adding  sufficient water and take out the coconut milk by straining with strainer.
3. Add this coconut milk to batter and add salt. Mix well.
4. Let it ferment over night.
5. This procedure is for the next days breakfast.
6. The final batter should be like dropping consistency.
7. Take a non stick apam pan ,heat it on a medium flame
8. Spread 1/2 tbsp of oil on it. Take a big spoon, pour batter with it and spread it.
9. Thin layer forms on out side of apam and thick on middle.
10. Cook it for 2 minutes.
11. Don't turn and don't cook other side.

    Serve with coconut chutney.

My tip

Instead of coconut milk you can add coconut water and little sugar in the batter.