
After all that busy holiday feasts, followed by the busy shopping, the Indian taste buds always demand us for those homemade, traditional, comfort foods. While I know how busy this long weekend would go, I planned this guilt-free, soft pillow-like aapam ahead and left them in my oven to ferment overnight ( Grr.. Mine almost takes the whole 24 hrs to get completely done). The best combo for these soft pillows is coconut milk and coconut chutney which is on-demand at my household. I love the aapam very hot, particularly the center cushion-like part. The coconut milk that is soaked in aapam, sliding in your tummy is bliss to enjoy in this cold weather. With no more exaggerations, let us move to the recipe!!
Ingredients
- Main Ingredients
Instructions
Notes
- I avoid adding baking soda/sodium bicarbonate salt to aapam. Instead, I change the ratio of rice to Urad dal and add poha for the softness. My aapam is super soft and raised without this.
- If you do not have poha/aval in hand, you can also add a handful of cooked rice to bring in that cushion-like softness.
- For those, who live in colder regions like me, it almost takes a day for the batter to be in the right consistency to achieve this aapam. I made the batter last night and used it for dinner the next night.
- Do not flip over the aapam. It is fine as such and the top portion will be cooked as such when you cover the aapam with the lid.