Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Olaiappam - Sweet Idli

Olaiappam , sweet appam an authentic breakfast in TamilNadu...its a steamed version of appam..can be a snack also..Learned from my Mom, this is one of the traditional breakfast..this recipe was passed by my grandmom to my mother n from my mother to me...preparation of this idli ressembles as much as tamilian's daily breakfast idli, but we need to add sugar r else jaggery as by our preference.. lets go for the recipe..On the way to Rice & wheat sweets/Diabetic friendly sweets by Mythreyee of Paajaka..


1 cup Raw rice
1 cup Idli rice
1/2cup Urad dal
1 tsp Fenugreek seeds

Ingredients 2:
1 cup Sugar
1/2cup Moong dal
1/2cup Grated coconut
1tbsp Cardamom powder(optional)

Soak both rice n urad dal with fenugreek seeds separately atleast for 5 hrs.. drain it and grind the rice coarsely n urad dal to soft..mix both to form the thick batter(batter must be thick coz while steaming, we will add sugar so that batter may become watery, if its not thicker it might be very hard to steam cook them). Let the batter to ferment n double their volume else preheat ur oven to 350 F n put off, keep the batter in the oven for 6 hours.


Roast the moong dal until they turns brown. Add the cardamon powder (optional) , sugar to the batter n mix them well, now batter will be like Idli batter..Grease the idli plates n fill them with the batter, springle the moong dal n the grated coconut over them. Steam cook as idlies for 10 minutes, once done remove them from the plates.

Olaiappam is done..can eat without any side r else with chutney..olaiappams can be stored in fridge for 2 days, heat them in microwave before serves..

Sending this Sweet idli to: Srivalli's Rice Mela...
November's Theme - Sweets by Srilekha

26 comments:

ST said... Reply To This Comment

Its new for me sounds awesome and fabulous...

Srikitchen said... Reply To This Comment

sounds scrumptious
havent heard about it
name itself is unique

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

wow what a traditional family dish looks very intresting bookmarked will try it soon

Raks said... Reply To This Comment

It really sounds delicious...thanks for sharing the recipe!

Deepthi Shankar said... Reply To This Comment

looks awesome

Ramya Vijaykumar said... Reply To This Comment

Wow Priya, you bowl me off with your simple and nice recipes...

lubnakarim06 said... Reply To This Comment

Sounds new and looks yummy.

vidhas said... Reply To This Comment

Wow this is very new to me. Surely try.

Indrani said... Reply To This Comment

Hi Priya, Ur RM is going great..congrats..This is very near to me..sounds great

Cham said... Reply To This Comment

This one is our family favorite too :) Good one

Mahimaa's kitchen said... Reply To This Comment

wow..enaku ivlo naala thona ve illa, sweeet ildi pannanum nu. puttu madri irukum ila? yummmmmmmyyy... ippove venum :-)

Ivy said... Reply To This Comment

Anything with coconut in it it's good enough for me. Sounds delicious.

raaji said... Reply To This Comment

Love to have that idli right away...it makes me hungry...

Shama Nagarajan said... Reply To This Comment

feeling hungry......would like to taste one ........

Finla said... Reply To This Comment

I have never had them, it looks delicius.

Usha said... Reply To This Comment

Sweet Idli? how unique....looks yum!

Vaishali said... Reply To This Comment

Yum yum yum! Although married to a Tamilian, I've never had this. A must-try for me!

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

kalakara po... this recipe is totally new 2 me,... looks yummy...

Yasmeen said... Reply To This Comment

Sweet idli.. could be my little one's favorite:)

Malar Gandhi said... Reply To This Comment

Interesting title....was not aware of it. We just call it vellam idly.Nice one dude.

Medhaa said... Reply To This Comment

never heard of this, looks good

Pavani said... Reply To This Comment

it sounds new to me...it looks cute n yummy

Andhra Flavors said... Reply To This Comment

Its new to me. nice one.

Priya Suresh said... Reply To This Comment

Thanks, Thanks a lot to u all for leaving ur kind comments...This is one of my family recipe:)

Laavanya said... Reply To This Comment

How unique.. i've never really tasted these before. Looks really good.

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

This is the one I have been searching for such a very long time. Thanks for sharing!