Instant Rava Appe Recipe
Learn how to make these suji or rava appe recipe at home. These fluffy appes/paniyarams are filled with mozzarella cheese and are the perfect evening snack recipe.
Ingredients
For the instant appe batter:
- 1 cup rice flour
- ¾ cup rava/suji/semolina
- Salt to taste
- ¾ cup curd/yogurt
- ½-1 cup water
For the pan-fried veggies:
- 1 tsp oil
- 1 tsp butter
- 1 tbsp chopped garlic
- ½ cup chopped onion
- 2 tbsp chopped carrot
- 1 tsp dried oregano
- 1 tsp black pepper powder freshly crushed
- Salt to taste
For the appe:
- ¾ tsp eno/fruit salt
- Mozzarella cheese
- Oil for frying
Instructions
To make the instant appe batter:
- In a bowl, add rice flour, rava, salt and curd. Mix well.
- Pour water and make a smooth lump-free batter.
- Let it rest for 10 minutes.
To pan fry the veggies:
- Heat a pan over medium flame, add oil and butter. Allow the butter to melt.
- Add chopped garlic, onion and carrot. Cook them until the garlic is fragrant and the onion is translucent. It may take 2-3 minutes.
- Add oregano, black pepper and salt. Mix well. Cook for 1-2 minutes.
- Turn the heat off. Keep it aside to cool down.
To make the appe:
- In the appe batter, add pan-fried veggies and eno. Mix well. The batter will become a little frothy.
- Heat a cast iron/non-stick appe pan over medium flame.
- Pour oil and butter into each mould. I have added ½ tsp oil and ½ tsp butter in each mould.
- Pour ½ to 1 tbsp of appe batter in each mould.
- Add 1 tsp mozzarella cheese at the centre of each appe.
- Pour ½ to 1 tbsp batter over the cheese.
- Note: Depending upon the size of the appe mould you may have to adjust the quantities of batter and cheese.
- Cover the pan and cook for 2 minutes or until fully cooked.
- Uncover and flip all the appes.
- Drizzle a little oil over them. Cook until they are golden on both sides.
- Serve them hot with tomato ketchup.