Vellayappam and Potato stew

Vellayappam is my all time favourit breakfast. My mother makes it pretty good with snow like edges !! Today I am sharing her receipe for this delicious mouth watering breakfast. Here we go ...

Ingredients for Vellayappam :-

1. Row rice - 3/4 th of a glass (cup)

2. Grated coconut - 1/3rd of a coconut

3. Coocked rice - 3 tbls

4. Sugar - 1 tsp

5. Yeast - A pinch (My mother uses "nadan kallu" , here I don't get it)

6. Salt - To taste

7. Oil - as needed

• Soak the rice for about 4 hrs and grind to a paste adding coconut, coocked rice and sugar.It should be thinner than the usual dosa batter but not be too watery.
• Now add a pinch of yeast to it and allow to fermant for atleast 8 hrs.
• Add salt before use.
• Pour a big thava(Spoon) of batter into the "appachatti" and rotate it immediately so as to form thin edges. Close the lid.
• The flame should medium but not low.
• After a minut take the lid off and apply oil on the surface of appam and close the lid again.
• You can take the appam in another 2 minutes.

Yes, appam is ready now. Let us see how the potato stew for the appam is made.

Ingredients for Potato stew :-

1. Potato - 2 numbers
2. Onion - 1 big sliced lengthwise
3. Green chilli - 3 numbers chopped finely
4. Ginger - 1 inch piece chopped and crushed
5. Garlic - 2 cloves chopped and crushed
6. Turmeric powder - 1/4th tsp
7. Pepper powder - 1 tsp
8. Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
9. Coconut milk - Milk from 1/2 coconut
10. Salt - to taste
11. Oil - as needed

• Chop potato in small cubes
• Add oil to a pan and when its hot add mustard seeds.
• When mustard seeds split completely add onion, green chilly, ginger and cloves and saut until onion becomes transparent and a nice aroma comes
• Now add potato and saut for a minut.
• Add turmeric powder, pepper powder and salt and saut for a few seconds.
• Now add a little water and close the lid. Lower the flame. Allow it to be cooked well.
• When the potato is completely cooked (it should not be overcooked) add coconut milk (Just grind the coconut with a little water and sqeeze to take the milk out.)
• After adding coconut milk stir occasionally and switch off the flame before it boils.
• Add curry leaves and serve hot with appam :-)

Enjoy :-)