Kannur Kalathappam

Kannur Kalathappam

Kalathappam is a "Kannur Special" snack . Kalathappam is a rice cake which can be made in a traditional oven/ Pressure cooker/Oven. It is made of rice flour, jaggery, fried shallots, cardamom and coconut flakes. Its one of the tea time snack of Kannur .

Key Ingredients 

Rice - 1 1/4 cup
Cooked rice - 1/4 cup
Jaggery  (Vellam)-5- 6 cubes( according to your sweetness)
Grated coconut - 1/4 cup
Shallots - 10 nos
Coconut cuts- (Thenga Kothu)2 tbs
Ghee/coconut oil
Baking soda - 1/4 tsp(optional)
Cardamom powder - a pinch
Cumin powder - a pinch

Preparation 

Soak rice for 1-2 hour and keep to drain.  

Grind rice fine with 1 cup water, a pinch of salt and cardamom(remove skin).
Add baking soda to the rice mixture and stir well.

In a vessel add jaggery with half cup water and let it melt on slow fire. Stir in between.

Pass the melted jaggery through a sieve into the rice mixture.

Add salt if required.
Keep the mixture for 1/2 hour.

Heat the pressure cooker.

Add oil and sauté coconut flakes first and then add the finely chopped shallots.

Stir till its light brown and add the rice jaggery mixture. Do not stir.

Close the cooker. Do not place the weight.

Cook on high flame for 1 ½ minutes and in low flame for 15 minutes.

Check if the Kalathappam is cooked by inserting a toothpick. It should come out clean.

Remove from cook top and let cool.

courtesy : taste of mouth , word of mouth & internet