Chakka appam/ steamed jackfruit rice cake. Village Foods - All in one Jackfruit- Ripped Jackfruit, Jackfruit Curry, Jack fruit sweet. Delicious steamed jackfruit rice cake goes well with tea or coffee. Some fruits tempt me to buy them a lot; they are plantain, mango and jackfruit.
Kinnathapam is a steamed rice cake that comes in different flavors.
This Chakka Kinnathappam uses Jackfruit Jam/ Preserve mixed with rice flour Let us know if you tried it - Chakka Kinnathappam - Steamed Jackfruit Rice Cake.
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You can have Chakka appam/ steamed jackfruit rice cake using 7 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Chakka appam/ steamed jackfruit rice cake
- It's 1huge bowl of ripe jack fruit.
- You need 1 cup of Jaggery grated.
- It's 2 cup of roasted rice flour.
- Prepare 1/2 cup of water.
- It's 3/4 cup of fresh grated coconut.
- It's 5 of cardamom pods(seeded).
- You need 1Pinch of salt.
Unlike common appams like velayappam, vatayappam this appam contains no yeast and hence does not rise when steamed. I love it for its thin appearance and for the fact that it can be made in a jiffy without prior preparations. The jackfruit pulp is just m twist the normal one does not add jackfruit. Chakka Nei Appam is a sweet, flavorful and tasty Appam made using rice flour, jaggery and ripe Jackfruit.
Chakka appam/ steamed jackfruit rice cake step by step
- In a deep vessel take the rice flower, add to this pinch of salt, some cardamom powder and mix it well with water. Add water little by little and mix everything well to form a smooth dough. Keep it covered and allow it to rest..
- Deseed the jackfruit and roughly chop them..
- In blender coarse grind the jack fruit and set aside..
- In a small bowl add grated jaggery and coconut along with some cardamom powder and combine well. Then gently mix in the jackfruit pure, do not press hard.
- Cut banana leaf into small squares or rectangular shape and wash them gently..
- Mix the dough once again and place small round balls.
- Take a leaf and spread one dough in the center, and with your fingertips spread it to a circle as shown in the picture..
- Spoon in the jackfruit mixture on half side of the spread dough and fold the other half over it, to form a wrap. Place it in a steamer and cook on high steam for 12-15minutes.
- To taste if it is cooked lift open once of the banana leaves and check it also the colour of the leaf changes. Once it is cool enough to touch remove the wrapper and enjoy with hot tea..
It's a conventional Nei Appam, but with the addition of Jackfruit but the addition of Jackfruit brings very good fragrance and flavor to the appam. Kumbilappam aka Chakka Kumbulappam, Chakka Appam, Vazhanayappam, Theraliyappam is an authentic snack food of Kerala. Its prepared by cooking jackfruit bulb with rice flour, grated coconut and jaggery. This mixture is then wrapped and steamed in fresh green Edanailla /Bay Leaves. Chakka Appam is a very popular Kerala recipe.
