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Sweet, fluffy dumplings made with ripe bananas, rice flour, and jaggery. These golden-brown treats, fragrant with cardamom, are a beloved South Indian snack perfect with a cup of chai.
Prepare Jaggery Syrup & Banana Mash
Mix and Rest the Batter
Cook the Banana Appos
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Sweet, fluffy dumplings made with ripe bananas, rice flour, and jaggery. These golden-brown treats, fragrant with cardamom, are a beloved South Indian snack perfect with a cup of chai.
This south_indian recipe takes 35 minutes to prepare and yields 4 servings. At 364.42 calories per serving with 3.89g of protein, it's a beginner-friendly recipe perfect for snack or dessert or breakfast.
Flip and Finish Cooking
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Mix in 2 tablespoons of finely chopped cashews, almonds, or raisins into the batter for extra texture and crunch.
For a different texture, you can make this recipe using half rice flour and half whole wheat flour (atta).
Add a pinch of dry ginger powder (sonth) or a tiny pinch of nutmeg powder to the batter for a warm, spicy note.
To make this recipe vegan, simply substitute the ghee with coconut oil or any neutral vegetable oil.
The combination of natural sugars from bananas and complex carbohydrates from rice flour provides a quick and sustained release of energy, making it an excellent snack.
Bananas are a well-known source of potassium, an essential mineral that helps maintain fluid balance, regulate nerve signals, and support healthy blood pressure levels.
Jaggery is an unrefined sugar that retains more of its natural minerals, including iron, which is vital for forming hemoglobin and preventing anemia.
A serving of 5 Banana Appos contains approximately 280-320 calories, depending on the amount of ghee absorbed during cooking and the size of the bananas used.
Banana Appo can be considered a moderately healthy snack. It uses natural sweeteners like banana and jaggery instead of refined sugar and is made with rice flour. However, it is shallow-fried in ghee, so it should be enjoyed in moderation as part of a balanced diet.
Yes, you can. While an appo pan gives them their classic round shape, you can make small, thick pancakes (like mini uttapams) on a regular non-stick skillet or tawa. The texture will be slightly different, but they will still be delicious.
Store leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 2 days. Reheat them in a microwave for 20-30 seconds or on a pan over low heat until warm.
This can happen for two main reasons. First, if the batter is too thin, it will absorb more ghee. Ensure your batter is thick. Second, if the ghee is not hot enough when you pour the batter, the appos will soak up the ghee instead of frying in it. Make sure the ghee is properly heated before adding the batter.
Yes, you can substitute jaggery with an equal amount of brown sugar or regular granulated sugar. However, jaggery provides a unique, caramel-like flavor that is traditional to this dish.