https://www.foodrepublic.com/recipes/how-to-make-a-sri-lankan-egg-hopper/
- 2 cups rice flour
- 0.5 cups sugar
- 1.5 cups coconut milk
- .75 cups water
- 1 tablespoon dry active yeast (We used Red Star Quick Rise Yeast For Bread Machines and traditional baking, which we store in the freezer),
- 1.5 tsp water (warm recommended, see note below).
- 1 tsp sugar
- 3/4 cup cooked basmati rice (note below, we used brown didn't turn out bad, maybe experiment with other rices?)
- 1.5 cups coconut milk
- eggs
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Combine the first four ingredients (flour, sugar, coconut milk and water) in a large mixing bowl and set aside. In a separate container, proof the yeast in the warm-water sugar mixture until it triples in volume, about 10 minutes.
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Blend the rice and remaining coconut milk in a commercial blender at high speed to form a thick paste. Combine the yeast mixture and contents from the blender with the other ingredients. Using a whisk, stir until no lumps of flour remain. Place in an oven with the pilot light on for about three hours. The mixture should double in size.
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Heat hopper pan over medium-high heat. Swirl batter in the pan and crack an egg in the middle. Cover and let cook for 2 or 3 minutes. Loosen hopper with a knife and serve.
Made this one ^^^
Notes:
- We used brown basmati rice, this recipe had a slightly different flavor compared to Geetha's Mom's, it might be that.
- The rice might have been undercooked, as the texture of the paste after blending was a bit gritty.
- Recipe makes a lot, need to use biggest bowl for proofing.
- Setting heat on big burner to 3.5 approx
- When cooking with egg or no egg, appam we did about 4 minutes (maybe 4.5 minutes to get the edges a bit more browned)
- Might be worth experimenting with letting the stuff cook just a bit then adding the egg and doing 4 minutes or less
- Taking the lid off while cooking might slow down the cooking
- Toppings can be butter and sugar for the plain appam
- For now consider half recipe
- When we proofed the yeast, I think we used yeast from our freezer so it didnt do anything.
- I might suggest to just use cold water and sugar, then use the oven method below
- I added a bit more water and sugar, then heated the oven up to about 110 and left it in, it seemed to activate then
- Experiment with just using the water and sugar that was specified but using the oven to heat.
https://www.sailusfood.com/appam-recipe-kerala/
https://hebbarskitchen.com/palappam-recipe-kerala-appam-recipe/