Coconut Idiyappam | Tengu Idiyappam | Breakfast Recipes

Delicate and light, super flavoursome coconut idiyappam
12/04/2018 7:31:37 PM vindhyadesai

Coconut Idiyappam

Delicate and light filled with coconut flavour, coconut idiyappam is very easy to make. It needs a little patience and you can serve some really fancy looking food in no time. I generally use good quality store-bought idiyappam flour, organic of course. But you can also use rice flour to make idiyappam, check the notes in the recipe card.
For coconut idiyappam it’s best to grind the coconut into a paste before adding to the flour. I skipped this as I was in a hurry but coconut can get stuck in the plate while pressing out the idiyappam. Ensure to season the idiyappam dough well or your coconut idiyappam will taste bland.


Coconut idiyappam can be served with varieties of side dishes. Here I have served it with kadhi and pickle. Vegetable stew or sweet coconut milk are also good options to serve with coconut idiyappam. More steamed recipes from FOI, steamed akki roti, steamed vegetable momos, akki tari idli, sihi kadubu and khara kadubu. Try more coconut based recipes from FOI.


Coconut Idiyappam | Tengu Idiyappam | Breakfast Recipes
 
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Delicate and light, super flavoursome coconut idiyappam
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Recipe type: Breakfast
Cuisine: Indian
Serves: 2-3 people
Ingredients
  • 1 Cup idiyappam flour
  • 1⅔ Cups boiling water
  • ¼ Tsp coconut oil
  • ½ Cup grated coconut
  • Salt to taste
  • Oil to grease
Method
  1. In a bowl take the idiyappam rice flour
  2. Sprinkle salt to taste and add grated coconut
  3. Give it a good mix till the coconut is mixed with the flour
  4. In a pan, add water and coconut oil and let it come to a boil
  5. Make a well in the centre of the flour, slowly pour the water
  6. Carefully gather the flour into a lump and knead into a soft dough
  7. Apply oil and set aside
  8. Grease the steamer plates (thatte idli plates)
  9. In a idiyappam press or chakli press, fit in the small holed plates
  10. Lightly oil the inside of the chakli maker
  11. Take a fistful of dough and make a rough log
  12. Put this into the chakli maker
  13. Slowly press idiyappam out of the chakli maker and form a nest
  14. Repeat with all plates
  15. Steam for 10 minutes in a idli cooker
  16. Let it rest for 2-3 minutes
  17. Serve hot with kadhi, pickle or vegetable stew
Notes
Grind the grated coconut, coconut can get in way of making idiyappam and I forgot to grind

If you do not have idiyappam flour, slowly roast rice flour in a pan on low flame till warm to the touch, cool and use as idiyappam flour

If you do not have idiyappam press, use regular chakli press with the 'sev' plate

Coconut Idiyappam Stepwise:
In a bowl take the idiyappam rice flour

Sprinkle salt to taste and add grated coconut
 
Give it a good mix till the coconut is mixed with the flour

In a pan, add water and coconut oil and let it come to a boil

Make a well in the centre of the flour, slowly pour the water
 
Carefully gather the flour into a lump and knead into a soft dough

Apply oil and set aside

Grease the steamer plates (thatte idli plates)
 
In a idiyappam press or chakli press, fit in the small holed plates

Lightly oil the inside of the chakli maker

Take a fistful of dough and make a rough log
 
Put this into the chakli maker

Slowly press idiyappam out of the chakli maker and form a nest

Repeat with all plates

Steam for 10 minutes in a idli cooker

Let it rest for 2-3 minutes

Serve hot with kadhi, pickle or vegetable stew
 

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