Ingredients:-
Rava - 1/2 cup
Maida/All purpose flour - 2 cups
Jaggery - 3 cubes
Cheru pazham/Dessert Banana - 3 nos
Cardamom - 4 pods
Jeera/Cumin seeds - a pinch
Salt - a pinch
Water - As needed
Cashew nuts - 10 pcs
Coconut pieces - 10 pcs
Ghee - 1 tbsp
Method:-
In a heavy-bottomed pan, add 2 cups of water and cubes of jagger and leave them to melt. Once the jaggery has melted, strain it and keep it aside.
Make a smooth paste of the dessert bananas and keep aside.
In a pan, heat 1 tbsp of ghee and fry the cashew nuts and coconut pieces until golden brown and keep it aside.
In a bowl, mix the all purpose flour, rava, cardamom and jeera powder and mix well. To this add the mashed bananas and fried nuts. To this, add the melted jaggery bit by bit until you have reached the consistency of an idly batter that is not too thick n not too thin. Mix well and let it rest for around 2 hrs or until u can see small bubbles appearing in the batter.
Heat oil in an unniappam pan and once it is smoking hot, add the batter into the pan and fry both sides until brown.
Rava - 1/2 cup
Maida/All purpose flour - 2 cups
Jaggery - 3 cubes
Cheru pazham/Dessert Banana - 3 nos
Cardamom - 4 pods
Jeera/Cumin seeds - a pinch
Salt - a pinch
Water - As needed
Cashew nuts - 10 pcs
Coconut pieces - 10 pcs
Ghee - 1 tbsp
Method:-
In a heavy-bottomed pan, add 2 cups of water and cubes of jagger and leave them to melt. Once the jaggery has melted, strain it and keep it aside.
Make a smooth paste of the dessert bananas and keep aside.
In a pan, heat 1 tbsp of ghee and fry the cashew nuts and coconut pieces until golden brown and keep it aside.
In a bowl, mix the all purpose flour, rava, cardamom and jeera powder and mix well. To this add the mashed bananas and fried nuts. To this, add the melted jaggery bit by bit until you have reached the consistency of an idly batter that is not too thick n not too thin. Mix well and let it rest for around 2 hrs or until u can see small bubbles appearing in the batter.
Heat oil in an unniappam pan and once it is smoking hot, add the batter into the pan and fry both sides until brown.
