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Sourdough Unniyappam

Delicious Indian traditional snack made with sourdough starter, jaggery, semolina and banana with touch of cardamom.
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time15 minutes
Total Time25 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Indian
Keyword: Sourdough Unniyappam
Servings: 10 servings
Calories: 215kcal
Author: Swathi (Ambujom Saraswathy)

Ingredients

  • 1 cup/220g Sourdough Starter
  • ¾ cup /150g Jaggery Use brown sugar instead
  • ¾ cup /140g Semolina Rava
  • 1 medium banana mashed
  • ¼ teaspoon or 5 cardamom pods crushed
  • ¼ cup /50g water
  • teaspoon of baking soda
  • ½ cup Peanut oil for frying

Instructions

  • Melt Jaggery with ¼ cup of water and sieve with a strainer, to remove impurities if any are present.
  • In a bowl mash the banana into a puree with a masher and set aside.
  • In a large bowl add starter, melted and strained jaggery, semolina flour, baking soda and crushed cardamom, to make a thick pancake batter. Keep it aside for 30 minutes.
  • Heat oil in appakara (like Aebleskiver Pan and when it ready (around 365F) add batter to the mold. As one side ready (after 3 minutes) turn and cook the other side also (4 minutes). Remove it from the appakara when a skewer comes out clean. You can also use a spoon to transfer the cooked unniyappam. Transfer to kitchen towel to remove excess of oil. Repeat the process until the entire batter is finished. Enjoy

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Notes

If you are using brown sugar then add a pinch of salt to the batter.

Nutrition

Calories: 215kcal | Carbohydrates: 27g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Sodium: 14mg | Potassium: 66mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 17g | Vitamin A: 8IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 7mg | Iron: 1mg
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