Kinnanappam / Rice Cake

Kinnanappam is a sort of Rice cake cooked in steam.
The main ingredients are grinded boiled rice, coconut and jaggery.

INGREDIENTS:

• Parboiled Rice- 1 cup
• Grated coconut – 1½ cup 
• Cumin seed - pinch
• Jaggery - ½ cup
• Ghee - 1tbsp
• Salt - As reqd

PREPARATION METHOD:

• Soak rice for atleast 4 hrs.
• Grind Rice, Coconut and cumin seed to a batter(idli batter consistency).
• Add Salt, Jaggery and ghee to the batter and mix well.
• Grease some ghee in a pan (steel plate) and pour the batter into it.
• Steam it well in an idli steamer for 15 minutes.
• Remove it from the steamer.
• Let it cool for sometime and remove from the pan.

Recommended Combination:Kinnanappam can be served with tea or coffee.