Broccoli Cheese Savoury Appam - Mini Pancakes - Muffins
This is a delicious and super quick breakfast recipe. Enjoy the crunchy texture of broccoli with the creaminess of cheese. Great for kids.
Servings: 4 people
Cost: $5
Equipment
- Appam Maker Or Muffin Tray with Oven
- Food Processor or Chopper (optional)
Ingredients
- 1 Medium Broccoli
- 50 g Hard Cheese It can also be replaced by other varieties of cheese, or paneer (Indian cottage cheese) or Tofu
- 1½ tsp Rock Salt To taste
- 2 tsp Oregano Powder optional
- 1 inch Fresh ginger root
- 1 cup Semolina (Sooji) It can be replaced by millet flours or a mix of millet flour and semolina in equal proportion
- 4 tbsp Curd
- 2 tbsp Ghee Or any pure cooking oil
- ½ cup Water To make batter for the appam
- 1½ tsp Black Pepper optional
Instructions
- Wash and finely chop the broccoli in the food processor. Keep aside.
- Grate or pound the ginger or add it to food processor along with broccoli.
- Grate the cheese or add it to food processor.
- Mix all the ingredients well including grated broccoli and cheese in a big bowl.
- Let the mix sit for 15-20 mins. This allows semolina to soak the water and curd. This step also lets the muffins to become soft and fluffy when cooked.
- Heat the Muffin pan and add 1 drop of oil in each of the cavities.
- Add the muffin mix into all the cavities. Bring the heat to medium or high.
- Cover the appam maker and cook for 5 mins.
- Turn the side of the muffins.
- Cover the pan and let it cook for another 2 mins.
- Remove the appam from the pan and serve or pack as you like it. Enjoy!
Notes
Broccoli if not organic usually has a high concentration of chemicals spread onto it. To remove these, first, soak Broccoli (cut into small pieces) in baking soda water for about 30 mins. Then rinse and use for your preparations.