Simple, practical, and full of everyday flavour, banana appam recipe | banana paniyaram | balehannu mulka or appa is a vegetarian south indian snacks made with bananan, jaggery / gud, and wheat flour / atta in about 15 minutes. The recipe lays out the ingredients and each cooking step clearly, so you can adjust seasoning, texture, and serving size for your own kitchen.
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 5 minutes
- Cook time: 10 minutes
- Total time: 15 minutes
- Yield: 14 Servings
- Category: snacks
- Cuisine: south indian
Ingredients
- 3 bananan (ripened)
- ¼ cup jaggery / gud
- 1 cup wheat flour / atta
- ¼ tsp cardamom powder / elachi powder
- pinch of salt
- oil for deep frying
Method
- firstly, peel 3 ripped bananas and cut them into pieces. well ripped bananas give great results.
- mash them with the help of fork making sure there are no lumps.
- also add ¼ cup jaggery and mix well till the jaggery melts completely.
- now add 1 cup wheat flour, ¼ tsp cardamom powder and pinch of salt.
- mix well combining all the ingredients well.
- add more banana puree or water to make thick cake batter consistency,
- now dip your hand in water, and start dropping them one by one to hot oil.
- keep the flame in low to medium and stir occasionally.
- also fry the appam till they turn dark golden brown.
- drain off the appam on to kitchen towel to absorb oil.
- finally, serve banana appam or balehannu mulka topped with fresh ghee.
Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note
Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.
