Yeriappa Recipe – Kajjaya Recipe – Sweet Appam – Yelappa Recipe

A sweet prepared using Rice and Coconut.  Yeriappa is prepared on Saraswathi Pooja during Dasara in Mysore.

Cuisine: Mysore (Karnataka)

Time Required: 20 minutes + Soaking time

Ingredients:
1 Cup Rice
4 tbsp thick Avalakki / Poha / Beaten Rice
½ Cup Fresh Coconut
½ Cup Jaggery/Molases
½ tsp Cardamom Powder
Oil for deep frying

Method:
Soak Rice and Avalakki separately for one hour.  Drain out the Rice.  Grind Rice and Avalakki to a fine paste using 2 tablespoons of water.

Next add Coconut, Jaggery, and Cardamom to the Rice paste and grind to a fine paste.  Add water only if necessary.

Heat Oil in a kadai/frying pan and take a spoonful of batter and pour it into the Oil and deep fry them.

Flip the Yeriappa and fry until they turn brown.

Remove on a kitchen towel.

Arrange on a platter and  offer to goddess Saraswati.

Yeriappa will be fluffy and soft inside and crisp on the outside.

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