Jackfruit Sweet Paniyaram | Halasina Appa | Ponsa Appo | Instant Chakka Unniyappam
Jackfruit Sweet Paniyaram, also called Ponsa Appo, is a delicious, easy-to-make instant snack recipe prepared using ripe jackfruit along with jaggery and wheat flour (atta) as the main ingredients. These can be prepared in less than 30 minutes.
Prep Time10 minutes mins
Cook Time20 minutes mins
Total Time30 minutes mins
Course: Dessert, Snack, sweets
Cuisine: Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, South Indian, Tamil Nadu
Diet: Vegetarian
Servings: 30 appe
Calories: 59kcal
- ½ cup Jaggery (gud or brown sugar)
- ¼ cup Jackfruit , cut into pieces
- 2 tablespoon Coconut , grated
Other ingredients
- 1 cup Wheat flour
- ¼ cup Semolina or Sooji rava
- ⅛ teaspoon Baking soda (a pinch)
- ⅛ teaspoon Salt (a pinch)
- ¼ teaspoon Cardamom powder
- ¼ cup Jackfruit , cut into small pieces
- 2 tablespoon Cashews , roasted
- Water as needed (approx 1 ¼ cups)
- Ghee for cooking appas
In a mixer jar or blender, add jaggery, jackfruit, grated coconut, and blend to a smooth paste. Do not add any water while grinding.
½ cup Jaggery, ¼ cup Jackfruit, 2 tablespoon Coconut
In a bowl, add wheat flour, sooji, baking soda, salt, cardamom powder, jackfruit pieces, cashews roasted, the paste prepared earlier, and add water little by little and mix to form a medium thick batter. Check out the video of paniyaram batter. 1 cup Wheat flour, ¼ cup Semolina, ⅛ teaspoon Baking soda, ⅛ teaspoon Salt, ¼ teaspoon Cardamom powder, ¼ cup Jackfruit, 2 tablespoon Cashews, Water
Heat appe pan or paniyaram pan or Aebleskiver pan. To each mold, add ½ teaspoon of ghee. Now pour the batter (from above) into each hole, cover with the lid and cook on medium flame till the bottom becomes golden (approx 3 to 5 minutes). Now flip and cook on another side until the edges are crisp and are cooked through (approx 2 to 3 minutes). You may drizzle more ghee after the appas are flipped.
Ghee
Repeat the process for the remaining batter.
Serve hot with desi ghee (brown butter) and enjoy.
- Adding cashews is optional. It is only going to enhance the taste. I generally roast the cashews in ghee and add.
- Depending on the sweetness of jackfruit, you can increase jaggery up to ¾ cup.
- Fresh or dry or frozen grated coconut can be added.
- You can even add finely chopped coconut bits for additional flavor.
- Please cook this in ghee to get that authentic taste.
- Canned ripe jackfruit also can be used.
Calories: 59kcal | Carbohydrates: 8g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 2g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 5mg | Sodium: 15mg | Potassium: 25mg | Fiber: 0.3g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 3IU | Vitamin C: 0.4mg | Calcium: 3mg | Iron: 0.3mg