Rice
Rice serves as a moderate source of energy, providing fuel to get you though the day.

Coconut milk
Subtly sweet and nutty in flavour, coconut is jam-packed with energising fats and iron

Salt
One of the four essentials of good cooking, salt has many essential nutrients and minerals that are valuable for healthy functioning of the body.

Sugar
As a carbohydrate, sugar is a potential source of fast fuel.

Yeast
Yeast is an antiviral, antibacterial immune-booster. From a taste perspective, it also enhances flavour in cooking.

You’ll need an appam chatti to make appams. Bring the batter to room temperature. This is very important. Add a heaped tablespoon of sugar, and mix well. Give the sugar a few minutes to dissolve, stirring occasionally to make sure it does. Once the batter is frothy and light, you can start making delicious lacy appams

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Goes well with Stew

Method

Grind grated coconut with 1.5 cups of water. Squeeze out the milk using a muslin cloth. You should get two cups of milk.

Heat oil in a pan. Add cinnamon, cloves, peppercorns, and cardamom and saute for a few seconds. Add green chillies, ginger and sliced onions. Sauté on medium heat for a minute. Do not let them brown. Add the steamed vegetables, salt and stir well. Cook for 30 seconds.

Gently stir in the coconut milk. Simmer on low heat for a minute, stirring continuously so the coconut milk doesn’t curdle. (You can make a cornflour paste and add it to the stew to make it thicker.) Give it another gentle stir and take it off the flame after a few seconds.

Immediately transfer your stew to a bowl and garnish with freshly chopped coriander and crushed pepper.

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