Wash the rice really well and soak it for 4 hours. Next in a blender add in the freshly grated coconut, banana and cooked rice and grind it to a fine puree. Transfer them to a vessel.
Next blend the soaked rice to a fine puree. Transfer them to the vessel along with the coconut banana puree.
Mix everything together add in the baking soda,salt and allow it to ferment for 8 hours or overnight.
Next heat a pan with oil-coated on all the sides. Pour a ladle full of batter.
Swirl the pan so that the batter is coated evenly on all sides. Cover and cook till the appam is fully done. Release the edges with a ladle and remove from the pan. Serve hot.
Notes
· Serve hot with any stew or kadala curry
· Also goes well with coconut milk.
· Adding banana and cooked rice makes the appam spongy.You can skip if you don’t prefer.