Poongar rice is one of the traditional rice varieties from Tamil Nadu. It is also called as "Women's rice" as it's helpful in boosting the health of women. It's very healthy for pregnant women and lactating mothers.
Poongar rice is red in color which is because of Anthocyanin, an anti-oxidant present in the rice.
It has a plethora of health benefits like below but not limited to,
- Controls Diabetes
- A rich source of Antioxidants and Minerals
- Contains Vitamin B1
- Provides good nutrition for Pregnant women
- Helps to boost the immune system
We can make many recipes with this rice like Porridge(Kanji), Idli, Dosa and Appam.
My family loves the appam and I usually make appam with Idli rice. I wanted to give a healthy twist to the usual one and tried it with Poongar rice and to my surprise, the whole family was impressed with this nutritious dish and hence I'm sharing it with you.
Ingredients:
BlissTree Poongar rice - 1 lb or 2 cups
Bliss Tree Whole Urad Dal - 1 handful
Methi/Fenugreek seeds - 1 teaspoon
Coconut milk - 1 can
Salt - as required
Water - as required to grind batter
Method:
1. Soak the Poongar rice, Urad dal and Fenugreek seeds together in water overnight or for 8 hours.
2. In a wet grinder, add the soaked ingredients, water and let it grind smooth. Note that, it takes a little longer to grind than the regular rice as the rice has good amount of fiber. That's why soaking for 8 hours is a must.
3. Once the ingredients are finely ground to a smooth batter, then take 2 tablespoons of batter separately in a saucepan and mix a little water and cook it on a stovetop to a porridge like consistency. Once it cools down, add to the batter.
This step is an important one to get soft appams and please don't skip it.
4. Add salt according to your taste and let it ferment.
5. Once it ferments, add 3/4 of the coconut milk can and start pouring on the appam pan.
4. Serve it with any kurma or add little sugar to the remaining 1/4 cup of coconut milk and enjoy the blissful appams.
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