Chakka appam/ steamed jackfruit rice cake. Delicious steamed jackfruit rice cake goes well with tea or coffee. Some fruits tempt me to buy them a lot; they are plantain, mango and jackfruit. I have tried most of the traditional recipes using ripe jackfruit, even though a few like Chakka appam remains in the list.
Unlike common appams like velayappam, vatayappam this appam contains no yeast and hence does not rise when steamed.
I love it for its thin appearance and for the fact that it can be made in a jiffy without prior preparations.
The jackfruit pulp is just m twist the normal one does not add jackfruit.
You can cook Chakka appam/ steamed jackfruit rice cake using 7 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Chakka appam/ steamed jackfruit rice cake
- You need 1huge bowl of ripe jack fruit.
- You need 1 cup of Jaggery grated.
- You need 2 cup of roasted rice flour.
- Prepare 1/2 cup of water.
- Prepare 3/4 cup of fresh grated coconut.
- It's 5 of cardamom pods(seeded).
- You need 1Pinch of salt.
Chakka Appam or Ada, Steamed Jackfruit Rice Cake or dumplings is sweet and traditional Kerala snack steamed in cinnamon leaf served at evening tea time, breakfast in India. Vattayappam is Kerala's own fermented Steamed Rice Cake. One of the healthiest traditional tea time snack with almost no oil. It is popular in the Christian communities of Kerala, though not much popular in North Kerala/ Malabar.
Chakka appam/ steamed jackfruit rice cake step by step
- In a deep vessel take the rice flower, add to this pinch of salt, some cardamom powder and mix it well with water. Add water little by little and mix everything well to form a smooth dough. Keep it covered and allow it to rest..
- Deseed the jackfruit and roughly chop them..
- In blender coarse grind the jack fruit and set aside..
- In a small bowl add grated jaggery and coconut along with some cardamom powder and combine well. Then gently mix in the jackfruit pure, do not press hard.
- Cut banana leaf into small squares or rectangular shape and wash them gently..
- Mix the dough once again and place small round balls.
- Take a leaf and spread one dough in the center, and with your fingertips spread it to a circle as shown in the picture..
- Spoon in the jackfruit mixture on half side of the spread dough and fold the other half over it, to form a wrap. Place it in a steamer and cook on high steam for 12-15minutes.
- To taste if it is cooked lift open once of the banana leaves and check it also the colour of the leaf changes. Once it is cool enough to touch remove the wrapper and enjoy with hot tea..
I personally do this often, when I do not have the patience to make appam. You need only a bowl and a wooden spoon or electric beater. Normally we use ripe banana for this appam, this time for a change i used jackfruit. Vattayappam/steamed rice cake is a typical Kerala sweet dish. This is made from raw rice and coconut.
