Alternative names നെയ്യപ്പം | ||
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Main ingredients Ghee, Rice flour, Jaggery, Coconut Similar Unni appam, Coconut, Jaggery, Ghee, Rice flour | ||
How to make easy tasty neyyappam with english subtitle
Neyyappam (Malayalam: നെയ്യപ്പം) is a sweet rice-based fritter fried in ghee. Neyyappam has its origins in the southern Indian state of Kerala and is a signature food of Saint Thomas Christians of Kerala, as per K. T. Achaya. It is also popular in Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka. The name is derived from the words neyy (നെയ്യ്) meaning "ghee" (clarified butter) and appam (അപ്പം) meaning "pancake".
Contents
- How to make easy tasty neyyappam with english subtitle
- N for neyyappam
- Origins
- Utensils
- A typical method directly using rice
- References
Neyyappam is typically made of rice flour (alternatively, with rava or semolina), jaggery, ghee-fried coconut (pieces or grated), ghee, cardamom and milk. It is served as a tea time snack usually in the evenings. Neyyappam is also served as offering in many traditional Saint Thomas Christian (Syrian Christian) churches and Hindu temples in Kerala. Unni appam is a variant in which mashed ripe plantains or bananas are added to the batter and fried to result in a ball-like shape.
Neyyappam became a topic of discussion as its name was shown on the home page of the Android N naming campaign. The official video of Google about naming Android N also shows a glimpse of neyyappam and Kerala tourism made a tweet about this naming campaign.
N for neyyappam
Origins
Neyyappam traces its origin to the southern Indian state of Kerala.
Utensils
In traditional Kerala cuisine, Neyyappam is cooked in a bronze pan called appakara (ml:അപ്പക്കാര) (also known as Paniyaram Pan in Tamil Nadu), about 8 inches in diameter, having three or more large cavities and thereby giving the dish a tortoise-like shape. Recipes vary from place to place, especially the ingredients chosen to prepare the batter.
Many cuisines use variations on this pan for similar dishes. A substitute for an appakara is the special pan used to prepare Æbleskiver, the Danish puffy ball-like pancake dessert.
In the absence of these special utensils, neyyappam may be cooked on a griddle or a small cooking pan (skillet).