Instant Nei Appam Recipe a traditional sweet appam made without soaking, grinding. Easy and quick to make for many occassions especially Karthigai Deepam.
Instant nei appam is made for different occasions and one of the most liked items at home. Ghee appam or nei appam recipe with step by step pictures and video.
This Nei Appam Recipe is instant and very easy to make unlike the traditional version. I can confidently say that this is one the best recipes I’ve tried so far, loved it so much.
I tried this nei appam yesterday and trust me I loved it so much, that I finished half of it in no time. It is obvious that I am going to make it often when I crave for something sweet to eat.
This neiappam stays soft even after few hrs of resting time cool right?! So what are you waiting for do try this sweet appam for Karthigai Deepam and let me know how you liked it.
About Instant Nei Appam Recipe
- Make jaggery syrup: Take jaggery and water in a pan, strain to remove impurities with no consistency checks.
- Add flour: Add flour,sooji to strained jaggery syrup.
- Make batter ready: Add coconut, cardamom powder ,salt and make batter ready.Make sure the batter is not too runny.
- Make appams: Add batter to paniyaram pan drizzled with ghee(nei), make nei appams ready.
Variations
- You can either use paniyaram pan or deep fry them.
- Use the traditional nei appam recipe if you have time.
- In addition you can add coconut bits or nuts for extra crunch.
Storing and Serving Suggestions
These appams keeps well in room temperature for 2 days. You can keep in fridge and extend shelf life for another 2 days. No freezing recommendation.
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Instant Nei Appam Recipe
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup rice flour idiyappam flour
- 1/2 cup rava
- 1/4 cup wheat flour
- 3/4 cup jaggery
- 1/3 cup water
- 1/4 teaspoon cooking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon cardamom powder
- 2 tablespoon coconut grated
- a pinch salt
- ghee as required to fry
Instructions
- Add jaggery to water. Heat it up for 2mins just for the jaggery to get dissolved. Strain to remove impurities.
- Take rava, wheat flour and rice flour in a mixing bowl and whisk it well. Now add strained jaggery syrup and mix well without any lumps.
- Next add water little by little to form a slightly runny batter more like our dosa batter in consistency. Then add grated coconut , cardamom powder, salt mix well and set aside. When you are ready to make the appams lastly add baking soda and mix it well.
- The consistency should be slightly thicker than our dosa batter consistency so adjust water accordingly. Heat paniyaram pan, add 1/2 teaspoon ghee in each hole of the paniyaram pan, add a ladle full of the batter in each hole. Cook covered for 2-3 mins.
- Turn over to other side and cook for 3 mins until its dark brown. Carefully transfer the paniyarams to a plate and serve hot. Repeat to finish the batter.
- Serve as a teatime snack or for breakfast. In summary this nei appam is easy and quick to make, and of course healthy too.
- If you add more ghee / oil the appams will be evenly fried. If you are hesitant add gingelly oil to fry. As you can see I just greased each hole.
- If you don't have paniyaram pan then make the batter a bit thick and using a deep curved ladle drop the batter in oil and deep fry it. But make only one at a time.
- Instead of grated coconut you can add chopped pieces too. Enjoy Instant Nei Appam!
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Notes
- Nei appam should be slightly on the darker shade so keep in low medium flame and fry till reddish brown.
- You can add coconut pieces for the crunch.
- Fine sooji will be great but I used upma sooji only.If you want you can just pulse sooji few times and add.But I find no much difference so use it as such.
- I always use filtered jaggery syrup to remove impurities.
- I added half ghee and half of gingelly oil.You can fry fully in ghee too.
- Salt is added just to lift the sweetness.
- If you add more ghee / oil the appams will be evenly fried.If you are hesitant add gingelly oil to fry.As you can see I just greased each hole.
- If you don't have paniyaram pan then make the batter a bit thick and using a deep curved laddle drop the batter in oil and deep fry it.But make only one at a time.
- Instead of grated coconut you can add chopped pieces too.
How to make Instant Nei Appam Recipe
- Add jaggery to water.Heat it up for 2mins just for the jaggery to get dissolved.Strain to remove impurities.
- Take rava,wheat flour and rice flour in a mixing bowl and whisk it well. Now add strained jaggery syrup and mix well without any lumps.
- Next add water little by little to form a slightly runny batter more like our dosa batter in consistency. Then add grated coconut , cardamom powder, salt mix well and set aside. When you are ready to make the appams lastly add baking soda and mix it well.
- The consistency should be slightly thicker than our dosa batter consistency so adjust water accordingly. Heat paniyaram pan, add 1/2 teaspoon ghee in each hole of the paniyaram pan, add a laddle full of the batter in each hole. Cook covered for 2-3 mins.
- Turn over to other side and cook for 3 mins until its dark brown. Carefully transfer the paniyarams to a plate and serve hot.Repeat to finish the batter.
Serve as a teatime snack or for breakfast. In summary this nei appam is easy and quick to make, and ofcourse healthy too.
Expert Tips
- Nei appam should be slightly on the darker shade so keep in low medium flame and fry till reddish brown.
- You can add coconut pieces for the crunch.
- Fine sooji will be great but I used upma rava only. If you want you can just pulse sooji few times and add. But I find no much difference hence use it as such.
- I always use filtered jaggery syrup to remove impurities.
- I added half ghee and half of gingelly oil.You can fry fully in ghee too.
- Salt is added just to lift the sweetness.
- If you add more ghee / oil the appams will be evenly fried.If you are hesitant add gingelly oil to fry.As you can see I just greased each hole.
- If you don’t have paniyaram pan then make the batter a bit thick and using a deep curved laddle drop the batter in oil and deep fry it. But make only one at a time.
- Instead of grated coconut you can add chopped pieces too.
FAQ’s
1.What is nei appam?
Nei appam is a traditional sweet snack made with flour and jaggery as main ingredients. The authentic recipe calls for soaking and grinding but this is an instant version to make.Hence its easy and quick to make not only for occassions but you can make for evening snacks too especially kids will love it.
2.Can I deep fry nei appam?
Yes you can fry them in ghee – use a small kadai add little ghee and shallow fry it.IF you want to deep fry then use half and half of oil with ghee, use deep curved laddle and pour into hot oil.Fry until reddish brown on both sides.
3.How should the batter be?
The batter is more like dosa batter in consistency. Make sure there are no lumps while mixing.
muruganandan
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Divs
Yummy appams. looks gorgeous with the plaintain leaf and deepams. 🙂
Farin Ahmed
Awesome appam sharmi..so easy to make..
Mahalakshmi
I will definitely do this for Karthigai. Looks very yummy!
Meena srinivas
Super appams…. your photograph is really tempting… oru valai illaiyai kuda ivalavu azhagha cut panni decorate pannara idea – romba nalla irukku. Colourful deepams, andha thamaripoo…. oru kolam mattum missing….. oru photo-leyee karthigai pandigai moodu create panniteenga…. romba arumaiya irrukku., Nandri and Thank you. Small doubt – fine rava means chiroti rava/ Upma white rava?
SHARMILEE J
Thank you so much, your comment made my day!! 🙂 It is upma rava….
kalyani
Looks perfect..can I skip baking soda?
SHARMILEE J
Bakind Soda is a must for this recipe….If you skip then it will make the appams harder
priya ravi
Just made them.. They are so nice and my kids are loving it especially my 2 yr old 🙂
Sara
I am planning to make this for my husband's office pot luck. Will it stay soft overnight or should I do the batter in the previous night and make the appam in the morning. I absolutely love your recipes and I always follow them whenever I cook. Thank you so much.
SHARMILEE J
You can do the batter overnight and next day morning you can make the appams….But add cooking soda only few mins before making the appams
Swetha Srivathshan
Dear Sharmi,
Your recipe saved my face a thousand times over today. Today MIL insisted I make appams on occasion of poonal-changing festival for us rigveda followers and with previous attempts at using appam-kuli pan failing miserably, I was stressed a lot but ur recipe turned out wonderful and got me compliments too! Thanks again 🙂
– S
Rathy Kumar
Nice recipe.. but in notes you have mentioned about running mixie.. kindly look into it
Jules
Nei appan recipe is easy and looks yummy🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤will definitely try