Appam is made from fermented rice batter and coconut milk, making it light and airy. Parotta is a layered flatbread made from refined wheat flour and oil or ghee. Appam is lower in calories and easier ...

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 ...

If you are a foodie, then the first thing you must think of upon waking up is breakfast! Our hungry tummies can't wait to see what's on the menu. We all love a good desi breakfast, just thinking about ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Kerala's cuisine is a scrumptious melting pot of culinary traditions... Kerala's cuisine is a scrumptious melting pot of culinary traditions... In no region of the sub-continent has the impact of ...

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 ...

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 ...

After exploring the massive grounds of Republic Polytechnic, I finally reached the canteen. As it was a Sunday, every stall had its shutters down, except for Appam Aunty. The whole place was so silent ...

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 ...