My Most Intriguing Pan

fx

Wed, 9 Mar 2016 07:57:10 GMT

Yes I have an article about the nawab kebab of Lucknow and also warqa making that was taken then by Rick Stein!

shyam

Tue, 7 Aug 2012 11:30:40 GMT

fantastic site. never enjoyed such down to earth reporting and articles. very homely and to heart. keep the work and wish you the best. well i was born in the state were they make these unniappam vessel - kerala and i am happy you like the dish and India. have you seen the tandoori kababs of lucknow?
shyam
Lucknow
India

Cheryl

Sat, 19 Nov 2011 01:43:01 GMT

In the ingredients you list bicarbonate. Was that intended to be bicarbonate of soda? Further down the recipe you say to mix in the the bicarbonate of soda (powder) In the U.S. we have "baking soda" and "baking powder" which are 2 different things. So is the ingredient baking powder or baking soda?
Also, you state to use 0.5 cup. Is that 1/2 a cup?
Another person mentioned using egg white to produce a more rounded fritter. I would assume for your recipe it would be 1 egg white beaten?
Thanks so much.

neethu chacko

Fri, 20 May 2011 11:34:43 GMT

WONDERFULL SITE...I always search for sites which picturize the recipe than letterizing. your site is amazing!!! the snaps ..AM SPEECHLESS. GO AHEAD..GLAD U EVEN TRIED My kerala recipe too, unniyappam is a traditional sweet for us Keralites..Looking forward to great recipes...

Ria

Mon, 17 Jan 2011 10:15:54 GMT

Hi...awesome recipe...u can use the same pan for making appams...

fx

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:42:43 GMT

Apu, thanks for your comment! �bleskiver pans are exactly the same as uniappam pans for all I know, so no worry.

Apu

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 23:22:46 GMT

Chanced upon your site when looking for the perfect Uniappam recipe. Super pan, and the appams brought back memories of festivals in India. I myself use an �bleskiver pan. Congrats of the site, I loved your introduction - your passion for good food and cooking really shows in this fab site.

fx

Mon, 7 Apr 2008 06:42:14 GMT

Jim, we are fortunate to have many fine immigrants from Sri Lanka here in Lausanne, and there are now half a dozen grocery stores operated by and for Sri Lankans. We find lots of unusual fruits and original bananas. Not Kerala, but not far either!

Jim

Sun, 6 Apr 2008 18:48:07 GMT

Unniappams? Nice :) I have fond memories of mom making these for festivals. I think the flavour of the finished product depends a lot on the kind of bananas used. I"m sure you would have noticed the bewildering variety of bananas available in Kerala... too bad there isn"t such a variety elsewhere. The kind shown in the second picture seems about right.

fx

Tue, 12 Feb 2008 14:17:13 GMT

I need to try those aebleskivers! Beaten egg whites are always a nice way to introduce zillion of air bubbles, perhaps it will work to make them round as well.

cheese_puff

Wed, 6 Feb 2008 23:10:39 GMT

I think the trick to get a perfect sphere is to give the batter some support--using whipped egg whites. Otherwise the heavy batter would collapse and go straight to the bottom. I made some perfect aebleskivers(pics in my blog)and the whipped egg whites really helped~ I know it"s not the original recipe, but hey..if you want a sphere! Good luck, FX!

fx

Mon, 4 Feb 2008 14:34:21 GMT

An �bleskiver pan is definitely the perfect tool for this - but have you been able to get ball-shaped unniappans? What did you use to turn them?

Jamie Hall

Mon, 4 Feb 2008 03:09:32 GMT

I really liked the recipe for the unniappan banana coconut fritters. I did not have the traditional indian pan, but found that my Danish �bleskiver pan was similar in design and worked wonder fully.

parshu.narayanan

Tue, 29 Jan 2008 00:56:40 GMT

I"m glad you ate well fx, the Taj group has been in the forefront of promoting India"s rich variety of regional cuisines, because Punjabi dhaba (diner) & Tandoori food had come to represent Indian cuisine internationally, and of course it is much more vast and varied and cutting edge UK restaurants like the Michelin starrerd Quilon (Malabar), portes des Indes ( indian fusion), Veeraswamy"s (North Indian) and Chutney Mary (anglo-Indian) are flying the flag for Indian regional cuisines internationally.

fx

Mon, 28 Jan 2008 14:19:23 GMT

Avital c"est en effet un poelon magnifique et qui ne co�te qu"une bouch�e de pain en Inde! Dommage qu"il ne soit pas vendu � l"�tranger, �a ferait un tabac au Danemark. Je vais bient�t essayer les Aebleskiver dans cet instrument intriguant. A bient�t!

fx

Mon, 28 Jan 2008 14:08:56 GMT

Parshu I tried to reach you in December for some restaurants tips but it was too late. Do not worry, I ate my fill in rather extraordinary restaurants all over India and very much look forward to come back and try some more. The Taj hotels certainly have a most impressive collection of restaurants.

parshu.narayanan

Sat, 26 Jan 2008 03:07:07 GMT

Nice to know you were in india, fx, if I had known you were visting, and had you come up North to Delhi, I would have mailed you the the latest restaraunt list). Your adirshtams ( the tamil word for this sweet from our neighboring state)certainly took me back to the days when my grandmother was alive. I suspect the nipple shape is because the bronze has been cast in the millenia-old "lost wax" method, where you make a wax mould, cover it with clay, bake it hard, pour out the molten wax and pour in the molten bronze. If so, fx you are part of a hoary continuum - south india used to export metalware to Rome two thousand years ago!

avital

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 08:02:08 GMT

OMG!! je suis tr�s "jalouse" de ton ustensile. D�j�, � la base, j"adore tout ce qui est ancien et traditionnel, mais l�.. en bronze!!! C"est un objet d"art superbe.. Et je trouve aussi qu"il a quelque chose de l"ustensile danois qui sert � faire les aebleskiver.. en beaucoup plus noble.. et sexy!

fx

Tue, 22 Jan 2008 08:51:44 GMT

These fritters might end up being even tastier than Yorkshire pudding methink!

fx

Tue, 22 Jan 2008 08:51:17 GMT

Yes quite an obscene cooking implement, but very heavy and great for frying fritters until they are caramelized!

fx

Tue, 22 Jan 2008 08:33:11 GMT

Thanks a lot Cheese Puff, you made my day with your reference of aebleskiver! This sounds like a gorgeous Danish recipe for my unniappam pan. Apparently I have much to learn with this pan, you can flip the half balls with a knitting needle and obtain crispy spheres.

Infoodel

Mon, 21 Jan 2008 22:11:38 GMT

Intriguing pan and delicious looking results!The cooking principle seems similar to making individual yorkshire puddings...minus the baking part.

TaratheFoodie

Mon, 21 Jan 2008 22:03:29 GMT

Wow, that"s interesting. I"ve never seen a pan like that before. At first glance, it looks a little x-rated. haha... Those fritters look very tasty, too.

Andrea

Mon, 21 Jan 2008 14:26:16 GMT

Hi!Lovely pan, really! I need to confess that I saw something very similar, but with less noble material, in Germany.

cheese_puff

Mon, 21 Jan 2008 08:39:11 GMT

I just got a similar pan for myself! But the label said it"s a danish thing, and it"s used to make aebleskiver. No "nipple" at the bottom though. Maybe it"s a coincidence?