Rice flour - 2 cup
Jack fruit (thin sliced) - 2 cup
Jaggery (grated) - 1 cup
Cardamom powder - 1 tsp
Vazhayila/vazhanayila/foil paper - 3 no s
Grated coconut - 1 cup
Hot water - as required
Salt - to taste
Ghee - ½ cup
How to Prepare:
Take rice flour in a bowl ,add little bit of salt to taste and add hot water as required for
Making a nice thick batter as we prepare for making idiyappam or noolappam and mix with little ghee also for getting the texture soft, while mixing add cardamom powder also for getting a flavor.
After preparing the batter take one vazhayila /vazhanayila /aluminum foil paper a long Piece, and take a ball texture and with hands or fingers make smooth round shape just like we make chapatti and put this on top of vazhanayila and add little grated coconut first, then thin sliced jackfruit, then grated jaggery, little bit ghee spread it over and fold half layer and close with vazhanayila.
You can make like this each illayappam.
Take a steamer, put this illayappam inside the steamer and steam for about 15 to 20 minutes for well cooking.
Serve it hot as a snack item with tea.