Banana Appam | Banana Paddu | Baalehannina Gundupongala

Sweet and delicious banana appam or banana paddu, a super easy dish for festivals
09/11/2018 1:49:18 PM vindhyadesai

Banana Appam

Banana is my favourite fruit to cook with. You can make so many dishes with it. Every part of the banana plant is edible and in fact we cook with most parts of banana/plantain plant. Ripe banana is such a boon, kids and adults alike like this fruit and the dishes made that are made with it. Banana appam or banana paddu is a traditional favourite at home and we make this for breakfast and for festivals.
The best part of banana appam is it can be made instantly. No waiting long hours for fermentation or no need of kneading any dough. All you need is a paddu/appam pan and when it heating, making the batter. Banana appam or banana paddu is made with whole wheat flour which is mixed with jaggery, ripe bananas and cardamom for flavouring.


Banana appam or banana paddu is all about mixing the ingredients to the right consistency and then making paddu/appam. This dish is very forgiving, it contains a whole package of nutrition and a burst of flavours. It can be served with ghee and mango pickle and it does not need anything more. Try more banana based recipes from FOI:
Banana Chips
Baalekayi akki roti
Baalehannina dosa
Banana bread
Baalehannina rasayana and more.


Banana Appam | Banana Paddu | Baalehannina Gundupongala
 
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Sweet and delicious banana appam or banana paddu, a super easy dish for festivals
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Recipe type: Breakfast
Cuisine: Indian
Serves: 2-3 people
Ingredients
  • 1 Cup atta/whole wheat flour
  • 2 Tbsp rice flour
  • 1½ big ripe bananas
  • ¼ Cup grated jaggery
  • 3-4 cardamom
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 1 pinch baking soda
  • 2 Tbsp yogurt
  • 1 Cup water
Method
  1. Chop bananas roughly and add them to a bowl
  2. Mash the bananas lightly with a fork
  3. Add powdered or grated jaggery
  4. Mix well till jaggery melts
  5. Next add atta/whole wheat flour and rice flour
  6. Sprinkle powdered cardamom
  7. Also add a pinch each of salt and baking soda
  8. Start mixing slowly
  9. Pour water a little at a time and make a batter
  10. Lastly add little yogurt and mix lightly
  11. Heat a paddu or appam pan
  12. Add a few drops of oil into paddu hole
  13. Pour small ladlefuls of batter leaving some gap at the top
  14. Cover and cook!
  15. Roast on low-medium flame till it is golden and crisp on the underside
  16. Flip and roast for some more time till it is cooked through
  17. Serve immediately with mango pickle and ghee!
Notes
Ripe bananas are best used up this way

Do not overbeat the mixture, paddu/appam will not turn out light and airy with a thick beaten out batter

You can also lightly melt jaggery with little water, cool, strain and then add to the batter!

Do NOT be tempted to roast on high flame, you will get burnt paddu

Banana Appam Stepwise:
Chop bananas roughly and add them to a bowl

Mash the bananas lightly with a fork
 
Add powdered or grated jaggery

Mix well till jaggery melts

Next add atta/whole wheat flour and rice flour
  
Sprinkle powdered cardamom

Also add a pinch each of salt and baking soda
 
Start mixing slowly

Pour water a little at a time and make a batter
 
Lastly add little yogurt and mix lightly
  
Heat a paddu or appam pan

Add a few drops of oil into paddu hole

Pour small ladlefuls of batter leaving some gap at the top
 
Cover and cook!

Roast on low-medium flame till it is golden and crisp on the underside
 
Flip and roast for some more time till it is cooked through
 
Serve immediately with mango pickle and ghee!

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