Gova Konya Godu Appo / Broken Wheat Unniyappam

Gova konya godu appo /Broken wheat unniyappam is a tea time sweet snack made with broken wheat and jaggery.Broken wheat is called gova kono in konkani.The recipe is written with step by step method and photos.

The following ingredients are needed to prepare Gova Konya Godu Appo /Broken Wheat Unniyappam.

Ingredients:-

Broken wheat.       -1 and 1/4 cup
Jaggery grated.      -1 cup
Rice flour.              -1/4 cup
Ripe small banana. - 2
Cardamom.             - 4
Cooking soda.         - 1/4 tsp
Salt.                         -1/4tsp
Ghee.                        -1tbsp

Instructions:-

1). Wash broken wheat and soak in water for 2 hours.

 2). In a small vessel add grated jaggery and 1/4 cup of water. Boil well till grated jaggery dissolves in water. Filter the jaggery syrup and keep aside.

 

3). Drain the soaked water completely and grind the soaked broken wheat along with rice flour, chopped small banana, cumin seeds, peeled cardamom, filtered jaggery syrup and 1tbsp of ghee to a smooth but little coarse paste.

 

4). Transfer the ground batter to a bowl. Add 2 pinch of cooking soda and 1/4 tsp salt into the batter and mix well.

 

5). Keep aside the batter for 10 minutes to rest.

 

Method:-

1). Heat a appe pan and pour 1tsp coconut oil in each depression.

2). Mix the batter with a ladle. Once the oil is hot pour the batter in each depression, Cover the appe pan with a lid and cook the appo on medium flame.

3). When the base of the appo is cooked well, flip it using a skewer or knife point to cook the other side.

4). Remove the well cooked gova konya appo /broken wheat unniyappam from the appe pan and transfer to a serving plate. 

 

 Repeat the same process and make appo/ broken wheat unniyappam with the remaining batter and serve with a cup of tea.