Recipe: Eating on a Dime Kinnathappam

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Kinnathappam. Kinnathappam or steamed plate cake is a traditional Kerala dessert prepared by Muslims during Ramadan. This plate cake is soft, wiggly and tasty. You can also make it for usual days to enjoy it after your meal.

Anyway, one statement I can make without much controversy is that this is an authentic South Indian dessert.

Kinnathappam, which can be translated to english as 'kinnam' which means 'plate' and 'appam' means.

Kinnathappam, super fine roasted rice flour mixed with thick coconut milk, sweetened with sugar and enriched with ghee(Ghee is a Sanskrit word for a clarified butter.

You can cook Kinnathappam using 8 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Kinnathappam

  1. You need 1 cup of ponni Rice (sona masoori Rice).

  2. It’s 1 &1/4 cup of thick Coconut milk.

  3. It’s 1/2 cup of thin Coconut milk.

  4. It’s 3/4 cup of Sugar.

  5. You need 1/4 tsp of freshly ground Cardamom.

  6. Prepare 1/2 tsp of Ghee+ additional for greasing.

  7. You need 3/4 tsp of Cumin seeds.

  8. It’s 1/4 tsp of Salt.

Kerala Style Kinnathappam is a delicious filling snack very popular in Kerala and surrounding areas.

Kinnam means 'plate' and appam means 'cake' and hence the snack is termed 'cake in a plate'.

Kerala Style Kinnathappam is unique and tasty with fried rice flour blended in thick coconut milk, sweetened, enriched with butter and finally steamed in pans.

Kinnathappam is a traditional Kerala 'palaharam'.

Kinnathappam instructions

  1. Soak rice in water for 5-6 hours preferably overnight.

  2. Grind rice with thick coconut milk thoroughly and finely.

  3. Add ground rice in a bowl. add thin coconut milk and sugar. mix until sugar dissolves completely.

  4. Add salt and cardamom. mix well. Grease round tin.

  5. Pour batter in greased tin and sprinkle cumin seeds on top.

  6. Place the tin in steaming vessel. cover and steam for 20-26 minutes on medium heat.

  7. Insert knife at centre, it should be clean.

  8. Pour melted ghee on top and allow to cool completely.

  9. Cut in wedges. Cut and serve. tastes best when cold.

Kinnam refers to a shallow copper or steel vessel in malayalam.

Kinnathappam can be called as a steam cooked rice cake.

Kinnathappam are of two types, one made with jaggery and the other with sugar.

Kinnathappam Kinnathappam is a traditional sweet of Malabar.

This video explain how to make kinnathappam in Kannur style.