Kallappam and Duck Stew

Ingredients for Kallappam:

1.  Rice flour – 2 cups
2. Coconut – 1, grated
3. Toddy – As required
4. Salt and sugar – As needed

How to prepare Kallappam?

1. Take 2 big spoons of rice flour, add sufficient water and prepare ‘Kaappu’, by boiling the contents till they thicken. Keep stirring while preparing.
2. Extract milk from the coconut.
3. 3. Mix all the ingredients together, adding sufficient salt and sugar.
4. 4. Rest the thick batter overnight and allow it to ferment. Use a big bowl to avoid the overflow of contents.
5. 5. Next day (or after 6-8 hours), you can prepare appam using the batter.

Ingredients for Duck Stew:

1. Duck – 1, cut into pieces
2. Coconut – 1, grated
3. Coconut oil – As needed
4. Onion – 4, chopped
   Green chillies – 6, chopped
   Ginger-garlic paste – 2 big spoons
   Turmeric powder – ¼ big spoon
   Green (Raw) coriander powder – 1.5 big spoons
5.  Garam masala powder – 1.5 big spoons
   Pepper powder – 1.5 big spoons
6. Salt – For taste
   Curry leaves – A little

How to prepare Duck Stew?

1. Clean the duck, cut it into small pieces and keep aside.
2. Extract the first and second milk from the coconut.
3. Heat oil in a pan and sauté ingredients no: 4.
4. Add ingredients no: 5 and sauté again.
5. Add duck, salt and curry leaves, and mix the contents.
6. Add 2 cups of the 2nd extract of coconut milk to it, then transfer the contents to a pressure cooker.
7.  Cook it till 4 whistles.
8. When the pressure drops to zero, add the first extract of coconut milk.
9.  Heat your duck stew and turn off the flame. There is no need to boil.

Courtesy: Vanitha Magazine December 10-23, 2022

Note: If you use raw coriander powder in this preparation, the curry’s thick gravy turns green. If possible, use freshly powdered coriander seeds.

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