Preparation Time : 40 minutes
Cooking Time : 10 minutes
Serving : 6 members
Description
Kumbliappam . An authentic kerela sweet recipe that I first got to know about through the face book page notes from a Mallu kitchen where a picture was posted with out a recipe . This authentic sweet did excite me a lot as it was the first… time I got to see such a dish that I have never heard of before . Once on my visit to Cochin to bid bye to my brother Darvesh and family who were returning back to London after their 2 weeks holiday in India , my uncle jaffer chacha got a huge parcel from a local small tea stall ( thattu kada / potti kadai ) full of kumbliappam made with ripe bananas . All of us just gobbled it up in minutes . Even then none of us knew what the name of the dish was . I did take note of the recipe from not sure where in one of my hand written recipe book and did try it out at home when we had a huge jack fruit at home from our farm . Not having the vazhana leaves which is used authentically , I substituted the poo arasa maram Leaf ( don’t know the english name , sorry ) instead which I got from my neighbours house . Made this for breakfast when my daughter anisha was here . The clarity and perfection of the jackfruit speaking for itself in the dish was a dose of freshness .Fussy Anisha didn’t fancy it much , but it was devoured by the rest of us . I just could not control myself to stop eating it and forcefully had to parcel the rest to my in – laws place ) . I made up my mind to post this recipe last night but not knowing the name of this dish , how is it possible to post . Well I had to re – check by logging into notes from a Mallu kitchen to get the name . Thanks to notes from a Mallu kitchen to have introduced me to yet another authentic Kerala dish . Although trends come and go , these sort of authentic treats never fail to impress and we all finally get back to our roots .
Ingredients
Ingredients | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Ripe Jackfruit Bulbs(chopped finely) | 2cups |
| Jaggery(scraped) | 1 cup or to taste |
| Freshly grated coconut | 1cup |
| Rice flour (iddiappam rice flour ) | 2cups |
| Cardamom powder | 1/2tsp |
| Vazhana Ela or Banana leaves | as required |
Method
- Melt jaggery in 1/2 cup of water.Remove the impurities.
- Make a smooth paste of jackfruit pieces without adding any water in a food processor .
- In a big bowl add jackfruit paste,jaggery syrup and coconut.Mix well with your hands.
- Add rice flour little by little and make a smooth dough.It should not be too thick or too loose.
- Now take the leaf(Vazhana leaf or banana leaf) and make cones with it and fill the dough inside.
- Bend the top of the leaves and press inside to cover the top or Use toothpicks to keep the leaves closed.
- Steam it around 30 minutes or till a tooth pick inserted comes out clean .
Notes
* You can prepare this appam with Chakka varatti /jackfruit jam as well ( available in all super markets , i recommend double horse brand ) add some rice flour and grated coconut to the chakka varatti and follow the above recipe .
If jackfruit is not available ,try this recipe with ripe bananas.*
