Appalam flour:urud flour(available in shops) – 1/4 kg, rice flour – 1/2 cup, cumin seeds – 1/2 tsp, salt – 1/2 tsp, asafoetida – 1/4 tsp, baking soda – a pinch, pirandai – 10 bits, castor oil – 1 tsp, ghee or coconut oil – 6 tsp
Grind pirandai and salt nicely.Add 1/2 cup water and boil.Add baking soda. Filter the water and add this to urud flour. Add asafoetida, cumin seeds ans castor oil.Make it to a hard dough.Add ghee and make it very soft.
Using this flour, make appalams using a chappathi roller.Dry the appalams the next day in hot sun.