What is Achappam?
[[File:Achappam.jpg|thumb|right|Achappam]] '''Achappam''' is a deep-fried [[cookie]] made with [[rice flour]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BXluAAAAMAAJ&q=Achappam|title=Social and Cultural History of Kerala|last=Menon|first=A. Sreedhara|date=1979|publisher=Sterling|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UdLYAAAAMAAJ&q=Achappam|title=Christian Folklore|last=Choondal|first=Chummar|date=1988|publisher=Kerala Folklore Academy|language=en}}</ref> They are made using [[Pattern|patterned]] irons to give any size or shape.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1112131009|title=The food we eat, the stories we tell : contemporary Appalachian tables|others=Engelhardt, Elizabeth S. D. (Elizabeth Sanders Delwiche), 1969-, Smith, Lora E., 1979-|year=2019|isbn=978-0-8214-2391-2|location=Athens|oclc=1112131009}}</ref> The [[Batter (cooking)|batter]] is a mixture of [[wheat flour]], [[Egg (food)|eggs]], [[sugar]] and [[Milk|whole milk]]. The iron has a handle and a patterned mould at its end. The iron is heated to a very high temperature in [[oil]]. It is then dipped into the batter and then dipped in the hot oil again. The iron is lifted from the oil after the cookie separates from the iron.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Rajkumar|first=Shanthini|date=2015-12-31|title=Of rose cookies and kalkals|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/yearend-festivities-bring-on-a-nostalgia-trip-more-so-when-associated-with-food/article8050191.ece|access-date=2020-10-25|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{food-stub}} [[Category:Indian food]] [[Category:Cookies]]