I was introduced to this healthy grain - Quinoa after coming to the United States. Now, I include it quite regularly in my cooking. Yesterday, it inspired me to make Appe. :-) Quinoa Appe
Ingredients
1 cup Urad Daal
1 1/3 cup + 1 tbsp Quinoa
Salt to taste
1/2 tsp asafoetida
1 - 2 green chilies, chopped
2 sprigs of curry leaves, torn
1 tbsp cilantro/coriander leaves, chopped
Method
1. Soak urad daal overnight.
2. Grind the drained daal in the morning. Cover and keep aside for 4 hours.
3. Soak 1 1/3 cups quinoa in water for 4 hours. Keep remaining 1 tbsp quinoa dry.
4. After 4 hours, mix drained quinoa and urad daal batter.
5. Add all the other ingredients including 1 tbsp quinoa.
6. Grease Appe Pan (or appe patra or Appya Kayili) and pour a spoonful of the batter.
7. Cover and let it cook. Flip and let it cook on the other side.
8. Serve with the chutney of your choice.
Note
1. I kept spoonful of quinoa aside to get the crunch and to make a statement that it is indeed quinoa appe!!:-) But you can soak the entire quinoa if you like.
2. Instead if soaking, you can dry roast quinoa and grind to a coarse powder before adding to the daal batter.
3. You can grind the drained quinoa to a coarse paste and then add to the batter as well.
I am sending these Appe to Aparna's WBB: Grains in my breakfast event.
20 comments:
Wonderful idea. I love that you have made something out of Quinoa. Thank you for sharing
How creative! Beautiful dish. Have'nt gotten my hands on Quinoa yet. If I do, this will be something I would like to try
this is a nice way of adding quinoa into our diets Meera, familiar tastes, unfamiliar ingredients.
great entry Meera..
Wow I am impressed what an interesting twist to a traditional recipe...love it..there is a surprise for you at my blog,please check it out :)
Thts a cool addition to the appe..They are looking nice n yummy and perfect in color. Hey, Suganya's Event at Tasty Paletes is also with grains this mont, you might want to send it to her too..
wow...wht a healthy breakfast...now I m thinking hard to buy a Appam Pan as I always stay away from deep fry.
Meera, yet another 'healthy n nutritious' recipe from you! Hw innovative to make appe of Quinoa! Hats offfffff to u, lady! They look absolutely delicious! (We don't get quinoa here,else wd hv immediately tried this out!)
Delicious and Gr8 appe meera:))
just heard of this and seen so many recipes on Quinoa but never came across in any of teh stores :( looks so much like what we make appam
Hi friends:
Thanks so much for coming over and leaving your precious comments. Thanks!
Usha:
Thanks. I will come right over.
Maya:
Thanks for letting me know about Suganya's event. I will send it over...hmmmm on the second thought, I think I have something else for Suganya. But thanks, for letting me know. I didn't know about it.
you are great Meera, I guess everyday you blog. you cook so nicely I love all ur recipes. :). Well I have never tried this so far but will try soon. Have to buy this gadget to make round shape. good one
Healthy entry Meera !!
You come up with GREAT ideas!!!
smita
This is a great way to make Appes (or Appams as we call them).
Unfortunately Quinoa is a grain I don't get here.
Thanks for participating in WBB.
What an exciting way to use Quinoa! I wish I had read this earlier, now I will have to wait until tomorrow to try it :(
Meera,
thanks for this nice recipe.
do these Quinoa Appe come out as fluffy as those made out of soaked rice?
using your idea we could make dhokla or idly as well.
Bhawna:
Thanks for your kind words. My Appe or Appam Pan is from India - I think by Prestige.
Archy:
Good to see you after a long time. Hope you had a nice break. Thanks for dropping by.
Smita:
Thanks for your encouraging words.
Aparna:
I am sure you will get Quinoa very soon in India as well. I am amazed to see many things that are available in Indian super markets.
Sheetal Kiran:
Thanks. Hope you try them.
Samjoandco:
Thanks for dropping by. As far as getting fluffy appe, when I ground the urad daal, it got nicely fermented due to summer here. so adding quinoa did result in fluffy appe. Make sure your ground urad daal rises nicely before making the appe. Hope this helps. I didn't use any baking soda or powder.
Bhawana,
you could try this Takoyaki Pan or ableskiver pan found on Amazon.
http://www.amazon.com/H5180-Takoyaki-Pan/dp/B0006FLNDM/ref=tag_stp_st_edpp_ttl
The Takoyaki pan has little smaller holes 1.75" compared to 2.125" of regular Appe but that was Ok for me as Appe were more crispy.
if you live in bay area then they can be bought locally too. search for it on ebay.
Hey guys ! Now quinoa is available in India thank God for that!!I am so hooked to it now..Earlier i was sorcing it from outside and now guess what I am the distributer for Quinoa.
... what great nutrition......I have been using Quinoa from 6 months now and i swear by this wonder grain...people have noticed the change in my complextion!!!....
I would say just like Dal this grain is a must in ones daily diet..
write to me if u want to buy Quinoa!
wanithaashok@gmail.com
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