Description
Made with one of our favorite seasonal fruits, Chakka Appam has the goodness of ripe jackfruit, jaggery, and coconut. A must have on your visit to Kerala, for sure.
Ingredients
Scale
- 500gms fresh ripe jackfruit
- 1 cup Jaggery, grated
- 3/4 cup Coconut, grated
- 1/2 cup Rice flour
- 1/2 tsp Cardamom powder
- Salt, to taste
- Banana leaves, to wrap
- Water, for steaming
Instructions
- Make a puree of the jackfruits.
- To the same puree in a blender, add grated coconut, jaggery and cardamon powder. Puree again.
- Remove to a bowl, add rice flour and salt.
- Make a wet dough. Neither will it be too liquidy nor will it be like roti dough.
- Place a piece of the cleaned banana leaf and brush with a little ghee.
- Keep a small portion of the dough on it.
- Press with the palm of your hand and spread.
- Fold/wrap the leaf and steam both sides for about 15 minutes.
- Serve hot with evening tea.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Tea-time Snack
- Cuisine: Kerala