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Ingredients Rice – 250g Urad Dal – 2 -3 tbsp Fenugreek Seeds – ½ tbsp Thin Rice flakes – 5 tbsp Coconut – 1 cup (Grated) Jaggery – According to taste Cumin seeds – ½ tsp Salt – A pinch Preparation Method Soak Rice, Urad Dal, Fenugreek Seeds for 3 hours. --(1) Wash Rice flakes in water. Do NOT soak it in water. – (2) Grind (1) and (2) to a fine paste. Add grated Coconut to the mixture and grind for a minute. Transfer the mixture to a steel vessel, cover it and ferment it overnight. Next morning add Jaggery, Cumin seeds and Salt. Heat the appada kaavali (A pan used to prepare appa which has round depressions). Add Oil to the depressions. Add enough batter to the depressions. Cover it and cook till golden brown. Turn the appas upside down and cook till golden brown. Remove the appas from the pan to the serving platter. Note chappe (Plain) appa is also prepared. Instead of Jaggery, Onion, Green Chillies and Coriander leaf is added. It is eaten with Coconut chutney