Typical Kerala Kumbil Appam recipe in Kottayam style

Kumbil Appam in Kottayam Style 

Kumbil appam is a  typical Kerala snack food made with Jack fruit(brown paste form in which all water contents are extracted)rice flour,jaggery and coconut.Everything mixed together and fill it into a cone shaped leaf mold specially for making this snack.After that it gets steamed for 30 minutes.Delicious Kerala snack is ready to be serve.


Ingredients Needed

1.Brown Jack fruit paste- 1.5 cups(it is made with over ripe jack fruit and jaggery by continuous mixing for hours depends upon the quantity).This process is called Vilayikuka in Malayalam.
2.Jaggery - 1 cup
3.Rice flour - 1.5 cup
4.Coconut + few cardamom pods = 1 cup
5.Hot water - as needed.

Method

1.Combine rice flour with hot water and make it a  soft dough.
2.Mix all other ingredients,combine it and make a good loose batter.
3.Make cone shaped mold using leaves and fill it with batter.Steam it for 30 minutes.
4.Serve it hot or cold.

Here is the video presentation of its making.How to prepare Kumbil appam in Kottayam style