Soak the Raw Rice in water for 3 hours. After 3 hours drain the excess water.

Transfer the soaked raw rice to a blender.

Add Jaggery powder. I am using organic jaggery powder its free of impurities, hence adding directly. If you do not have jaggery powder, cook 1 cup of jaggery in ⅓ cup water. Once the jaggery dissolved strain to remove the impurities and add the jaggery syrup to the blender.

To this add Cardamom and Coconut.

Blend everything to a fine batter by adding the required water. I

Once the appam batter is ready add a pinch of Salt and Cooking Soda. Mix everything and add water to the batter if it's too thick. It has to be of dosa batter consistency.

Heat a paniyaram / Appe pan with ghee.

Once it's hot add the prepared batter to the paniyaram pan. Cover and let it cook for 4-5 mins on medium flame.

After 5 mins open the lid the appam will be cooked in the bottom side.

Now flip the appam and let it cook for another 2 minutes.

Nei appam is now ready. Remove from the pan and serve hot.