how to make Banana Appam?

01 Jun how to make Banana Appam?

Last Updated on September 30, 2021 by blessmyfoodbypayal

Banana appam recipe | banana fritters paniyaram | banana paniyaram recipe with step wise pictorial and video recipe.

What is Banana Appam?

The fritters are made of banana and is cooked in an appam pan, hence given such name. Most commonly used in South Indian kitchens, appam pan is a non stick pan having cavities and are made with an intent to fry the food items in few drops of oil.

If you don’t go by their shape and just feel their taste and texture, you will feel like you have made banana muffins in appam pan.

WHY TO MAKE BANANA APPAM?

Amongst all the fruits, this is the banana who has the shortest life. Usually it is being asked that how to use leftover ripe banana and the suggestions always end up on banana cake, banana bread or banana pancake.

Mentioning those two doesn’t mean they are the bad choices but yes time taking of course.

For banana cake you need long list of ingredients and too much time from making to baking to cooling. On the other hand, though banana pancake is easy recipe with simple and limited ingredients, but making each single pancake one of after is definitely time consuming.

In such a case, banana appam is the easiest of all with no fuss and simple method. However this is a condition that you must be having appam pan.

INGREDIENTS USED

BANANA : Banana is the prime ingredient of the recipe. To enhance the taste of banana sweet paniyaram, better to use the most ripe banana. Also the quantity of banana may vary depending upon the size of banana available with you.

WHEAT FLOUR : To keep this recipe healthy, we have made whole wheat banana appam instead of maida appam. However you are free to use all purpose flour.

RICE FLOUR : Banana paniyaram with rice flour is for extra crispiness, othewrise use of  only whole wheat flour was also fine.

FENNEL SEEDS : They will work as a taste enhancer and for the purpose of fragrance. 

JAGGERY : jaggery is another ingredient which makes this recipe healthy. If you don’t have jaggery, go for sugar, cane sugar or bura sugar, as you like. Further the quantity of jaggery may vary depending upon the sweetness of banana you are using.

BAKING SODA  : It will keep the banana sweet appam soft and help them to fluff up.

WATER : Water is needed to maintain the consistency of batter.

OIL : Oil is not part of the recipe but only for greasing purpose so that banana wheat appam shouldn’t stick to the appe pan.

WHAT IF ONE DOESN’T HAVE APPAM PAN ?

Not having appam pan is no issue at all and these can be made by directly frying into hot oil. But in such a case, you can’t call it banana appam but banana fritters.

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Step wise pictorial recipe of Banana appam recipe

1. Take a banana in a bowl. Prefer ripe to over ripe banana.
2. Mash it well.
3. Add wheat flour, rice flour, jaggery and fennel seeds.
4. Add water little by water to make a batter. The consistency of batter should be thick but flowing.
5. Put the batter at rest for about 10 minutes.
6. Add baking soda and mix it well.
7. Grease appe pan (see notes below if you don’t have such pan) with oil and pour batter in every cavity little by little with spoon. Don’t fill till the top because batter will rise while cooking and ooze out of the cavity.
8. Cover the pan and let it cook for 3-4 minutes on low flame. However they will be cooked uncovered too but covering them will reduce the cooking time.
9. Uncover and turn the sides of banana appe so that they get cooked from other side too.
10. Once they turn golden brown from both the sides, take them out.
11. Banana appe are ready.

Enjoy.

NOTES

1. Can be made without adding rice flour but rice flour will bring a nice crust in appe. Though rice flour can be replaced with semolina too.
2. In place of jaggery, you can add sugar.
3. You can keep the ready batter in refrigerator for about a day but only until you haven’t added baking soda. Once soda is added, don’t delay in making appe.
4. If you don’t have appe pan, then scoop a tablespoon of batter and drop it in a medium hot oil. Fry till brown.

Banana appam recipe -recipe card

whole wheat banana appam

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Banana Appam recipe is a kind of banan fritters made in the appam pan.

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Prep Time 5 minutes mins

Cook Time 15 minutes mins

Total Time 20 minutes mins

Course Snack

Cuisine South Indian

Servings 24 Appam

Ingredients

  

• 1 banana (ripe)
• 1/2 cup wheat flour/atta
• 2 tbsp rice flour
• 2 tbsp jaggery (grated) (or sugar)
• 1 tsp fennel seeds/sounf
• Baking soda a pinch
• Water as required
• Oil for greasing

Instructions

 

• Take a banana in a bowl. Prefer ripe to over ripe banana.
• Mash it well.
• Add wheat flour, rice flour, jaggery and fennel seeds.
• Add water little by water to make a batter. The consistency of batter should be thick but flowing.
• Put the batter at rest for about 10 minutes.
• Add baking soda and mix it well.
• Grease appe pan (see notes below if you don't have this pan) with oil and pour batter in every cavity little by little with spoon. Don't fill till the top because batter will rise while cooking and ooze out of the cavity.
• Cover the pan and let it cook for 3-4 minutes on low flame. However they will be cooked uncovered too but covering them will reduce the cooking time.
• Uncover and turn the sides of banana appe so that they get cooked from other side too.
• Once they turn golden brown from both the sides, take them out.
• Banana appe are ready. Enjoy.

Notes

1. Can be made without adding rice flour but rice flour will bring a nice crust in appe. Though rice flour can be replaced with semolina too.
2. In place of jaggery, you can add sugar.
3. You can keep the ready batter in refrigerator for about a day but only until you haven't added baking soda. Once soda is added, don't delay in making appe.
4. If you don't have appe pan, then scoop a tablespoon of batter and drop it in a medium hot oil. Fry till brown.

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