Appam and neer dosa may look similar, but their flavours, textures and cooking styles are completely different. This guide ...

What is Appam? Appam is an ancient and traditional South India recipe, mainly in Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka. This is a slightly different recipe that is cooked only on the appam pan. It is a ...

1. Mash bananas until smooth. 2. Add rice flour, grated coconut, jaggery, and cardamom powder. 3. Mix well, adding water ...

When craving hot, fluffy and delicious appam, head to Chelo’s Sweet Appam in Bangsar where you can have your fill of 18 types of appam, no kidding! Over here, there is paal appam, brown sugar appam, ...

These pancake-like saucers originated from South India and are made with fermented rice batter and coconut milk. Though it is usually eaten as a savoury meal with curry and meat, it is often eaten as ...

When Brian Fernando, chef-owner of San Francisco's 1601 Bar & Kitchen, was growing up in Sacramento, a gathering of the local Sri Lankan community meant big batches of "hoppers" - rice-and-coconut ...

Once upon a time, long, long ago, a creative soul mixed barley flour and water just so and fried dollops of the batter in ghee over a slow fire, sweetening it with honey. The Aryans called the ...

Whether you grew up eating them in Kerala or are discovering them for the first time, Kerala-style appams are a must-try — light, delicious, and incredibly satisfying.

The dish featured a slice of melted cheese, loads of butter and a fried egg in the centre. Indeed “dressed” like royalty, the Princess Appam had it all. For something bare-bones, Heavens Plain Appam ...

As with all things food, each region and Christian denomination in Kerala has its own flavours for Lent. What is common is the simple food that is usually served on Maundy Thursday and Good Friday ...

These cup-shaped pancakes are an obsession in Sri Lanka and the no-menu street cafes of Colombo do it best Appam, or “hoppers” in English, are cup-shaped rice-flour pancakes. They are eaten most ...

Maundy Thursday marks the day before Jesus Christ’s crucifixion, when he and his twelve disciples ate the Last Supper. The fifth day of Holy Week involves various rituals around the world, including ...