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 This preparation, is authentic from Southern districts of Nagercoil in Tamilnadu and it turns out to be best when coconut oil is used. Ingredients that go into the making are: a. Coconut- 1/2 fully scrapped b. Small Onion- 200g, peeled and cut into half c. Curry Leaves- one handful d. Coriander seeds- 2 tablespoons e.Cumin seeds- 1/2 tbsp f. Red chillies- 5-6 g. Tamarind juice- from a small gooseberry size tamarind h. Salt - as per taste g. Mustard seeds for sauting h. Coconut Oil. 1.In a pan, add 4 tbsp of coconut oil 2. Add small onions, coriander seeds, curry leaves, red chillies and start frying 3.Add coconut and fry until all ingredients turn into brown color 4. Allow to cool and blend into a mixer 5. Add coconut oil to a pan, add mustard seeds, shallots and any vegetable of your choice 6. Add tamarind water and allow it to come to a boil Theeyal is ready to serve with Rice.

Ingredients: 1. Parboiled Rice- 2 cups 2. Idli Rice- 2 cups 3. Urad dhal- 1/2 cup 4.Venthayam-3 tbsp (Fenugreek) Procedure: Soak both the rice together. Soak Urad dhal and Venthayam together. Let both soak for 4 hours. In the wet grinder, add urad dhal and venthayam after removing excess water. Once it is finely blended add the rice and let it grind to a fine paste. Adding water is purely based on your judgement. This has to be left overnight to ferment. If you have a pan with lid, you can make appam. You can get special pans to make this too. Let the pan get hot. In my case, it was a non stick pan so no oil is needed. Add the batter in the center. You have two options a. Hold both sides and rotate the pan clockwise. The batter will spread in all sides. b. Use the ladle to spread. I have used the second option to get a flowery Aapam. This can be served with coconut milk. How to prepare coconut milk: Grind coconut (1 big) in a blender adding 1/2 cup of water. Add 4 spoons of sugar and 1...