Rice - 1Kg
Urad Dal (Uzhunnu) - 100gm
Small Onions - 250 gms
Coconut - 2 Nos (Grated)

1. Soak rice and urad dal for 3 - 4 hours
2. Grind rice and urad dal with the grated coconut and small onions (The same way we do for Idli)
3. Keep aside the ground mixture for half an hour
4. Pour the mixture into a round bottomed dish. Fill the dish till half.
5. Make a small cross with palm leaf (Kuruthoola) of Palm Sunday (Hosanna Njayar) and keep in the middle of the mixture
6. Keep the dish in a steamer (Idli Steamer of any other steamer) and cook for 20 mins7) After the appam is cooked, cut and distribute it.