Kayappam - Banana fritters with jaggery

"Kayappam" is a delicious sweet fritter that is deep-fried and made with all-purpose flour, banana, and jaggery. It is a common snack at home, especially when overripe bananas are lying around. It gets its name from "Kaya" and "appam" which means bananas and pancake(or fritter as it is deep-fried) respectively. It's a perfect snack with your evening tea or coffee. The main ingredients are ripe bananas, all-purpose flour or wheat, and jaggery (brown sugar). It tastes awesome and even better the next day, just like any sweets made out of jaggery.

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• Why you will love Kayappam the banana fritters?
• How to make Kayappam?
• Useful tips to make Kayappam
• Kayappam - Sweet Banana fritters

Why you will love Kayappam the banana fritters?

• It is very easy to make kayappam with a handful of ingredients.
• It can be made as a quick snack when you have unexpected guests.
• A great sweet treat when you want something delicious.
• It tastes really good and can be stored for about three to four days.
• It gets better in taste as it gets older.

How to make Kayappam?

Kayappams are very easy to make and are made with sweet bananas, the riper the banana, the better will be the appam. we start with the jaggery solution, which is made with jaggery and very little water on small heat. Once cooled, add mashed bananas and all-purpose flour. Rice flour is also added to give a little crispiness. Add powdered cardamom for the nice flavor and aroma. The consistency of the batter should be medium, neither too thin nor thick. You should be able to use a big tablespoon pour small scoops and fry them.

Does Kayappam require baking soda?

Using baking soda in this dish is optional. It is mainly to give that extra fluffiness, especially when you want to make it quickly. I usually avoid using it and try to keep the batter a little longer to get the softness. The frying of these appams fills the house with such an awesome aroma and it's hard to resist having them! Do try it out sometime if you have not and let me know what you think.

Useful tips to make Kayappam

• Use overripe bananas to make this dish, if you can get ripe plantains, that will help in getting the authentic taste.
• If using baking soda, add it just before frying the fritters in the oil.
• Heat the oil at a medium temperature as frying on high heat can get the kayappams to be burnt from the outside and uncooked from the inside.
• Add the rice flour to make the kayappams crispy.
• Some folks substitute all-purpose flour with wheat powder to make the kayappams, and they also taste great.

Some other snack treats that you can make with bananas are banana bread with walnuts and moist chocolate banana bread. Another variation of kayappam, which you can try, is unniyappam using the foolproof unniyappam recipe and neyyappam using the recipe for neyyappam with detailed steps. They are all awesome.