ACHAPPAM (ROSE COOKIES)

€2.90

Costa do Malabar - Authentic Kerala Dishes · Lisbon

Nutrition

≈ 200 kcalper portion of about 50 g

Protein4%
4%
Fat53%
53%
Carbohydrates43%
43%

Estimate for a typical portion of this dish; the venue's recipe may differ.

About the dish

A deep-fried, rose-shaped snack made from a fermented batter of rice and coconut milk.

Cuisine: Indian (Keralite)

Typical ingredients

rice flour
coconut milk
sugar
egg

General information about this dish, not provided by the venue. Dish pictures are illustrations based on the menu description, not photos from the venue.

History of the dish

Netherlands / India / Sri Lanka

National Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Malaysia · 2015

Achappam — © John C · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Origin: Netherlands / India / Sri Lanka

An achappam (achh meaning mould in Malayalam, and appam meaning food made with flour) or achu murukku (murukku meaning a crunchy snack in Tamil) is a lightly sweetened, deep fried rose cookie made with rice flour, coconut milk, sugar and egg, predominantly found in Kerala and other parts of South India.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article “Achappam” · version used · CC BY-SA 4.0

Sources: Wikidata (CC0) · Wikipedia ·

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