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Nei appam / sweet paniyaram

August 27, 2013 By Priya Shiva 20 Comments

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Krishna Janmashtami is celebrated for Lord Krishna’s birth. One of the popular dishes which is prepared in South India is Nei appam which is mainly made out of rice and jaggery. This is a recipe which has given by my mother to me.

 

sweet paniyaram

 

How I miss her nowadays. My passion for food started from her kitchen. The house itself will smell wonderful if she’s cooking…I have also shared a quick video too..

 

These nei appam are also very similar to Unniyappam. This sweet is also prepared for Karthigai deepam. Diwali and karthigai deepam are two of my favourite festivals as I love the lighting everywhere. So, sharing a step-wise recipe for making nei appam and hope you all try this traditional sweet for this festive season.

You can also try Chakka sweet paniyaram recipe.

 

nei appam

5 from 6 votes
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Nei appam / sweet paniyaram

Course Snack
Cuisine Indian
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
resting time 4 hours
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings 20 appams
Author Priya Shiva

Ingredients

  • Raw rice - 1 cup
  • Urad dal/white lentil - 1 tbsp
  • fenugreek seeds/mendiyam/methi seeds - 1/4 tsp
  • Jaggery - 1 + 1/4 cup grated or powdered
  • Banana - 1 small one
  • Green Cardamom - 2 powdered
  • Finely chopped Coconut - 1 tbsp optional
  • Ghee/clarified butter - 1/2 cup

Instructions

  1. Clean and soak rice with fenugreek seeds, urad dal for 2 hours. Now grind it in your wet grinder by adding jaggery and cardamom and banana along with it.
  2. Use minimum water required to grind it to make a smooth batter. Leave it outside for 3-4 hours for fermentation. Just before making appams, add chopped coconut to the batter.
  3. Now heat the paniyaram pan as shown in the above picture and add 2 tsp ghee to each partition.
  4. Pour the batter in each partition and cook it on low flame.
  5. Cook for few minutes and then turn it with a stick to cook the other side.
  6. Remove it from the paniyaram pan once it turn golden brown. Follow the same step for the whole batter and keep adding ghee to cook the appams.

Recipe Notes

Add water in the batter once fermented if you feel its too thick and adjust the batter consistency.

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Filed Under: Janmashtmi recipes, Traditional Recipes Tagged With: Janmashtami recipes, Janmashtami sweets, karthigai deepam sweets, Nei appam, Recipes using Jaggery, South Indian recipe, sweet paniyaram, Traditional sweets, Vella appam

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Comments

  1. Anjali says

    August 27, 2013 at 6:27 am

    5 stars
    My mom makes them the best πŸ™‚

    Reply
    • priyakitchenette says

      August 27, 2013 at 6:39 am

      Moms are the best πŸ™‚

      Reply
    • Anjali says

      August 28, 2013 at 4:17 am

      U bet πŸ™‚

      Reply
  2. traditionallymodernfood says

    August 16, 2014 at 3:57 pm

    5 stars
    Yet to try with rice flour have tried with wheat flour:-) nei Appam aww drooling here

    Reply
  3. imelda guanzon says

    August 16, 2014 at 12:12 pm

    Belated happy birthday! That looks delicious!

    Reply
  4. imelda guanzon says

    August 16, 2014 at 12:12 pm

    Belated happy birthday! That looks delicious!

    Reply
  5. Jeanne Melanson says

    August 16, 2014 at 4:28 pm

    Looks great, Priya! Happy Birthday to Krishna!

    Reply
  6. shobha says

    September 3, 2015 at 3:27 pm

    5 stars
    Though I am not a great fan of sweets, I somehow love jaggery sweets. This one is my favourite. They look so delicious and inviting.

    Reply
    • Priya Shiva says

      September 3, 2015 at 3:57 pm

      Thank you Shobha πŸ™‚

      Reply
  7. Waagmi says

    September 3, 2015 at 3:12 pm

    Very nice post…bookmarked for this janmashtmi..thank you for sharing!! πŸ™‚

    Reply
    • Priya Shiva says

      September 3, 2015 at 3:14 pm

      Thank you πŸ™‚

      Reply
  8. Erica says

    September 3, 2015 at 3:38 pm

    Golden parcels of goodness! those look super yummy!

    Reply
    • Priya Shiva says

      September 3, 2015 at 4:03 pm

      Thank you Erica πŸ™‚

      Reply
  9. Sandhya says

    September 3, 2015 at 6:38 pm

    Priya,
    My mom used to make these too and I am drooling looking at your awesome photos!

    Reply
    • Priya Shiva says

      September 4, 2015 at 8:12 am

      Thank you Sandhya πŸ™‚

      Reply
  10. Sundari says

    September 4, 2015 at 10:37 am

    First photo s awesome Priya..

    Reply
    • Priya Shiva says

      September 4, 2015 at 11:27 am

      thank you Sundari πŸ™‚

      Reply
  11. Binjal's VEG Kitchen says

    September 4, 2015 at 11:12 pm

    These looks so delicious Priya! perfectly made!

    Reply
    • Priya Shiva says

      September 5, 2015 at 5:37 am

      thank you Binjal πŸ™‚

      Reply
  12. Radhika says

    December 11, 2018 at 1:12 am

    5 stars
    Nice recipe thanks

    Reply

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