Unniyappam with rice flour

Ingredients

1. Rice flour - 1 cup
2. Wheat flour - 1/2 cup
3. Jaggery - 1 cup
4. Rava (un-roasted) - 1 tbsp
5. Banana - 2 palayamkodan (preferred) or Rasa kadali 
6. Cardamom powder - 1 tsp
7. Baking soda - 1/2 tsp
8. Salt
9. Oil / Ghee for frying
10. Seseme seed - 1 tsp (optional)
11. Coconut bits - 1 tsp (optional)
12. Water - 1.5 cup approximately

Procedure

1. Add one cup of water into jaggery and heat till jaggery has dissolved completely.
2. Filter the jaggery water and remove all impurities
3. Grind banana with 2 tbsp of jaggery water. The mixture should be ground well.
4. Fry coconut bits in ghee till it becomes golden colour. Add sesame to this and fry for few seconds. This is an optional step.
5. Mix together rice, wheat, banana mixture, jaggery, cardamom powder and rava. 
6. If using coconut and sesame, add it to this mixture and mix well.
7. Add water till the mixture has the idli batter consistency.
8. Add baking soda to this and allow it to rest for 15 minutes.
9. Heat the Unniappam chatti in medium heat.
10. Add oil or ghee or oil and ghee mixture till the middle of the depression.
11. Pour the batter into each depression. Check the consistency of the batter before pouring. Add some more water if the batter has become thick after resting.
12. After few seconds, flip the appam using a fork to cook the other side.
13. Turn the appam and make sure both sides are cooked well (till both sides become brown in colour).
14. Remove the appam and place it in a kitchen tissue paper to remove excess oil.
15. Repeat till the batter is over.
16. Yummy Uniyappam is ready to be served hot.