Jackfruit Appam

Ingredients

• • Wheat flour - 1 cup
• • Jack fruits (ripe, finely chopped) - ½ cup
• • Salt - a pinch
• • Jaggery (grated) - ¾ cup
• • Cardamom powder - ½ teaspoon
• • Oil/Ghee mixed together -s (for frying) - as required

Method

• 1. Cook jack fruit in ½ cup of water until soft and then mash it, properly.
• 2. Add jaggery, allow to melt and remove from fire.
• 3. Add salt, cardamom powder, wheat flour and mix well.
• 4. Allow to cool sprinkle water if necessary and knead the dough well. Prepare small balls. Flatten it with hands over a greased plastic sheet.
• 5. Heat oil or ghee in a small deep kadai.
• 6. Transfer appam in the centre of the oil, gently.
• 7. When it comes up, gently turn over.
• 8. Remove when it is still soft. (Do not allow the appam to become crisp.)
• 9. After deep frying spread the appams over absorbant kitchen paper to remove excess oil.
• 10. Arrange on a flat broad plate side by side. Allow to cool, and then keep it in an air-tight container. Serve or use it on the same day.