Ud-dha Appo and Meerya Udda

Ingredients

• Raw rice - 2 cup
• Urad dal - 3/4 cup
• Coconut oil - As needed
• Salt for taste

Preparation

• Soak the rice for 5 to 6 hour in water and Urad Dal for 1 hour
• Grind both in grinder and mix together to form the batter
• Add a little salt with the batter and keep it for fragmentation for 1 night
• Heat unniappam chatti (A special vessel used for frying appams) Add a little oil and put batter and close the lid for some time
• After some time, open the lid and overturn the appams, cook for a few more minute
• Take out the appam from chatti, serve with any curry (You can use Meerua Udda, a Konkani dish, the recipe for which is given below)

Note: You can add chopped chopped green chillies, curry leaves and ginger to the appam batter for better taste

Meerya Udda

Ingredients

• Red chillies - 10
• Tamarind
• Coconut oil - 2 teaspoon
• Mustard seeds - 1/2 spoon
• Urad Dal - 1/2 teaspoon
• Curry leaves - As needed
• Salt to taste

Preparation

• Fry red chilies in 1 spoon oil for some time stirring regularly, until they turn a little brown
• Grind the red chilies and tamarind in a mixie with a little water to make a fine paste
• Fry the mustard, urad dal and curry leaves in a little oil in a frying pan
• Add the chilly-tamarind mixture to the pan, add more water, boil for some time
• Meerya Udda is ready! You can serve it with Ud-dha Appo