INSTANT TIKHAT APPE |NO FERMENTATION RAVA (SOOJI)ONION APPE

 I had seen this recipe on a gujrati cookery  show but that recipe was for sweet corn appe.Since I didnt had corn in my stock I thought of replacing corn with traditional onion & making maharashtrian tikhat (spicy) appe  giving it a twist of instant  tikhat appe  without fermentation.
Normally tikhat appe are prepared from urad dal & rice ground with few other ingredients & then fermented overnight.To this fermented batter we add onion,coriander leaves,green chillies,curry leaves etc. Its a quick 15 minute recipe.Below is step by step recipe

Appe is also known as Paddu(Kannada), appe(Konkani/ marathi), ponganalu (Telugu), paniyaram(Tamil), unniyappam(Malayalam).

To make this we require a special tava (Appe Tava), Usually we get two kinds of tavas, one of black colour(of cast iron) and other  non stick  tava.
I have used non stick tava so that appe dont stick to the tava(GRIDDLE).

Ingredients :
1/2 cup fine Sooji (rava) + ½ cup idli rava  (I have tried this appe by using normal fine   sooji & they turned out well & crispy)
1 small onion
3 tbsps yoghurt (dahi/curd)
3-5 green chillies
1 tbsp jeera (cumin) ( optional)
¼ tsp baking soda ( I used eno salt)
1/4 cup Coriander leaves
Salt, oil
8-10 Curry leaves

Method:
1.Chop the onions and coriander,curry leaves finely.

2.Mix all the above ingredients except baking soda into a thick paste. Add little water to thin it out a little.(dont add too much water just 1-2 tsp)

3 Add 1 tsp oil into each groove & heat the Appe/ Appam pan/albeskiver pan (chk below picture)

4. Drop a bit of batter to check and if you hear the sizzling sound, the pan is ready to cook appe.
5.Now add baking soda mix well & immediately Add the prepared sooji batter into each of the grove, so that ¾ of the grove is covered and then cover it with a lid.

6.Reduce the heat a little bit at this time. After a minute or so, open the lid and with a kitchen knife, run it around the edge of the appe, to see if it is browning.
7 Make sure the appe does not turn dark brown or black in color. The one in the middle is the one that gets dark fast.
8.If some of the appe can be easily displaced from the grove flip  it on the other side, add oil and cook until done. Let the remaining appe cook correctly and turn them when done.
9•When turned on the other side, add 1 tsp oil again and reduce the heat even further and there is no need to cover with lid. this will cook faster.
10. Serve with tomato chutney/ idli chutney/ coconut coriander chutney