appam and stew

ingredients
Idli rice - 1 cup
Raw rice - 2 cup
Grated coconut - 1 cup
Urad dal - 2 tbsp
Fengureek seed - 1/2 tsp
Cooking soda - apinch
Cocount milk - 1/2 cup
Salt - as required
Sugar - 1 tbsp

Preparation:
Step- 1soak the rice,urad dal, fengureek seed for four hours.
Step - 2Grind all the mixture along with the grated coconut to a fine smooth paste.
Step - 3Ferment it for 6 hrs.at the time of preparation add salt,cooking soda,sugar and cocountmilk mix it nicely don't over beat the batter.
Step -4Take a iron or nonstick appam pan grease oil and pour a laddle full of batter in the centre lift up and tilt the pan in a circular shape.close the lid and cook for 2 min.when the edges becomes brown and crisp and centre soft the appam is done.
Step - 5
Serve this hot appam with potato or veg stew and sweet cocount milk.


Potato stew
ingredients
Boiled potato - 2 (mashed)
Onion - 1 ( chopped)
Ginger - 1 tbsp( chopped)
Mustard seed - 1 tsp
Curryleaves - few
Cocount oil - 3 tbsp
Green peas - 1/2 cup
Salt - as required
Cocountmilk extract - 1 cup
Turmeric pd - 1/2 tsp
Green chilli - 4 to 5 ( chopped)
Lemon juice - 2 to 3 drops
Chilli pd - 2 tsp
Garamasala - 1 tsp

Preparation
Step - 1
Heat a pan add oil splutter the mustard seed and curryleaves
Step - 2
next add the onion ,ginger and greenchilli saute nicely.
Step - 3
Add the mashed potatoes,green peas and stir fry for 5 min.
Step - 4Add chillipd, turmeric pd, garamasala and little water close and cook for 5min in a medium flame.  add the cocount milk and bring to boil and switch of the flame don't over boil after adding coconut milk.lastly add 2 to 3 drops of lemon juice .
Step - 5
Garnish with chopped coriander leaves and transfer to a serving bowl.
potato stew is ready to serve with hot appam.

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