Ingredients:

Wheat flour – 1 cup

Rice flour – 1 cup

Banana – 1

Jaggery – 3/4 cup

Cardamom powder – 1/2 tsp

Oil, water – as required

Method:

1. Prepare jaggery syrup by adding 1/2 cup water to the jaggery and extract the juice by heating.

2. Now take a bowl, add atta, rice flour, mashed banana and cardamom and mix well.

3. Now add the jaggery syrup and prepare the batter.

4. The batter should neither be too watery or too hard.

5. Leave it for 10 mins and prepare the appam.

6. Appam can be prepared either by using the appam pan or directly in heated oil with small spoon.

7. Grease the pan with oil and pour the batter and heat it. Allow the appam to turn golden brown on either sides.

This is the special sweet dish from Kerala.