Kerala Style Kumbil Appam Recipe (Banana and Wheat Flour Dumpling)

A favorite Kerala snack during tea time made with crumbled wheat flour, banana and coconut steamed in banana leaves.

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Kerala Style Kumbil Appam Recipe (Banana and Wheat Flour Dumpling)
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Kerala Style Kumbil Appam Recipe (Banana and Wheat Flour Dumpling) is a favorite Kerala snack during tea time. Wheat flour is crumbled with mashed & ripened banana. Grated coconut also adds in an extra flavor to the dish. Usually the mixture is stuffed inside a cone shaped bay leaf and then steamed. The bay leaf will give a wonderful aroma and taste as when it is steamed. But we have used banana leaves which also gives a great flavor. The snack is a very healthy option to eat during tea time. You are also free to use other ripened fruits like jackfruit and Nendra Vazhaipazham.

Serve the Kerala Style Kumbil Appam Recipe along with Masala Chai Recipe to make your evening snack healthy and wholesome. 

If you are looking for more Kerala Snack recipes here are some : 

  1. Kerala Avial Recipe (Mixed Vegetables in Coconut)
  2. Kerala Style Pazham Pori Recipe (Banana Fry)
  3. Kerala Style Nei-Appam/Unniyappam Recipe

Cuisine: Kerala Recipes
Course: Snack
Diet: Vegetarian
Prep in

10 M

Cooks in

30 M

Total in

40 M

Makes:

4 Servings

Ingredients

  • 1 cup Whole Wheat Flour
  • 3 Ripe Bananas , fully ripe
  • 1/2 cup Fresh coconut , grated
  • 3 tablespoon Jaggery
  • 1 teaspoon Cardamom (Elaichi) Pods/Seeds

How to make Kerala Style Kumbil Appam Recipe (Banana and Wheat Flour Dumpling)

  1. To begin making the Kerala Style Kumbil Appam Recipe, add wheat flour, cardamom powder, coconut in a bowl.

  2. Peel and mash the bananas well and add them to the wheat flour to form a crumble mixture. Mix until all ingredients are combined well. 

  3. Heat a small pan, add jaggery and ¼ cup water and heat till the jaggery completely melts.

  4. Add this melted jaggery into the crumble mixture and start combining all of them to form a sticky mixture.

  5. Heat a vegetable steamer with water and keep it aside.You can even use your idli steamer for making this recipe. 

  6. Cut the banana leaf into a rectangular shape and roll it to form a cone. Take some mixture and stuff it inside the conical shaped leaf. Bend the long end of the cone to close the cone and use a twig to secure the closure. 

  7. Prepare similar cones and add the rest of the crumble mixture to them. 

  8. Place all the cones carefully inside the steamer and steam it for at least 15 minutes.

  9. Serve the Kerala Style Kumbil Appam Recipe along with Masala Chai Recipe to make your evening snack healthy and wholesome.