Monday 17 March 2008

Achappam Mould for Click

My Entry for Click
From the time The famous duo announced their theme for this months click
I have been thinking about what to send for them.

Few times I passed their Image Gallery and came back depressed seeing all the beautiful pictures from the other participants. If you ladies go and have a look there you will know what I mean.
But then I do think main thing is to join up the event.
And still there is more than 2 weeks to go so you can imagine how many more entries they are going to get.This is the mould to make achappam a traditional Kerela snack made with rice flour,coconut mil eggs etc.If you want to see how the achappam looks just visit Aparna's My Diverse Kitchen.

My mom used to make them for special occasions.
I have never made them, this mould I got gifted from one of our friends who went for their annual visit to Kerela.
I still have to use them......So in the meanwhile I thought I will make use of it atleast like this by taking a picture and sending for this months

41 comments:

FH said...

I love it, so authentic and beautiful! My grandmother had one shaped like a flower, didn't use it much. Good one F!
Have a wonderful time with your sister, enjoy the company. I will be packing too this Friday, can't wait to see that Ocean!:)

bee said...

my mom had one. thanks for bringing bak lovely memories.

Cham said...

Now the mold will be Happy :) at least u captured it .... I love the Rose cookie, But don't have the mold :((
Have a wonderful Spring Break!
Cham.

Unknown said...

I love those rose cookies....nice pic happy cook!!

Finla said...

Asha thankyou. I will have to use them once. My mom had this at home and always the neighbours used to come and borrow from us as they said her mould worked better than theirs.
My sis is comming only by end of April, now the break is for Shyamas Spring break from school.

Bee yeah mine too as i said to Asha her was borrowed by most of the neibhouring chechies and aunties.

Cham Hi hi sure the mould will be happy :-) I have the mould but till now have not made them.

Saswati Thankyou i love the cookies too

Seema said...

Thats a nice mould & perfect for click event too!!

Laavanya said...

I can never get enough of those achappams... a favorite of mine.

AnuZi said...

How cool!! I have never seen one of those before. Would love to see it in action <-hint hint make the rose cookies hehe. I love old school methods of cooking food.

Aparna Balasubramanian said...

So you have the mould, huh? Then you should definitely try using it after your break.
Have a nice time.

Oh for the love of food! said...

A very pretty tool, Happy Cook! I have a very similar one we use in M'sia/S'pore to make festive yummy fried Bee Hive Biscuits. Are your biscuits deep fried too?

Uma said...

the mould looks fantastic. Never saw it before. that's a great click.

Unknown said...

that looks really homey!! the pans look like some equipment people use back home. kind of interesting!

Namratha said...

H, first make some achappam and send me some pleaseeee :) I love achappams..anyday. Lovely CLICK!!

Rachel said...

A very different entry!

A Cook @ Heart said...

Nice!! I used to love eatig those 'wheels' when i was little!

KonkaniBlogger said...

Wow, thts a great idea and entry for Click!! Very unique, now I got to see what the mould looks like..

Ramya's Mane Adige said...

Don't think i've ever tasted achappams... But the mould looks lovely! You guys are all so innovative!!! By the time I come up with something for the click event its past the deadline date, always :((

EC said...

Great idea of sending it to the event...i am still thinking what to click

Seena said...

I was thinking to get one mould, love achappams... :)

Sagari said...

great click happycook

Raks said...

Have a relaxed break and nice picture for the event!

Hazel said...

hi, i learnt many recipe from u here.

sra said...

I can't decide between the first two. They're both nice.

Anonymous said...

Hi HC

I got my achappam mould from the flea market in Leuven! You should make some - my daughter loves them, I'm sure Shyama would too :-)

Finla said...

Seema and Lavanya thankyou

Anuzi I will have to make it once, if i do and works out i will post it. Maybe next winter :-)

Aparna, I should try them. I've the recipe now from your place :-)

Oh for the love of foo, yeah ours is deepfried too and they are cruncy.

Uma thankyou. Now you know with what these cookies are made

Arfibinsted, yeah i heard that they have something similar in M'sia etc

Namratha i love them too,

Finla said...

Rachel Thankyou

A Cook...I still love to eat them, just that i had to wait till i was back now.

Maya thankyou

Ramya's mane thry to be in tiem this time :-) If you taste once acchapom you will love them

Easycraft thankyou

Seena I have been wanting to have them for years and now i have one I have not used it, i only got this 2 months back

Sagari and Rakh's Kitchen Thankyou

Hazel thankyou, that is good to hear that you are learning new cusine

Sra I send the first pic

Af You got it from a fle market. I have been wanting to have one for years, but every time i forget to buy one in India. Shyama love the achapoms, she is always eating them when we are in India. I do have to try them here once.

TBC said...

I've never actually seen the mould before though I've had achappams.:)

Swati said...

Happy Cook will wait to see them at work ;)..The cookies do taste delicious...
Lovely click !!

Cakespy said...

That is really lovely--and I have never seen one of thse before! It is always nice to learn something new!

Richa said...

hey, that looks cool :)

Retno Prihadana said...

I´ll wait your next receipt with this gadget :))

Cakelaw said...

What a groovy looking mould. Now I want one!!

Daily Meals said...

Nice picture...

Rosie said...

Hi Happy, lovely to be back after which seems ages!! I'm loving your pics for click and what a great mould!!

Rosie x

Viji said...

HC, it just melts in the mouth. Nice hanging one. Viji

Sia said...

wow... my amma has one. i dont think i will ever use it:)

Shah cooks said...

nice antique! eh, why haven't u made the acchappams?

Nanditha Prabhu said...

i have always loved achappams....but have never dared to try out...

Finla said...

Thankyou all for the lovely comments.
I have not made the achappoms as i always think it will turn out to be a disaster when i make them.
I will try them once and if it turns out ok. I will sure post them.
Well if it is a disaster, i think i will still post them with the tittle
Achappom DISASTER :-)

Meera said...

Really great entry. Achappam mould looks great. I recently came to know its name Achappam, I think when Sandhya posted the recipe. We used to eat those achappams at a friend's place every Christmas. we simply called it wheels.:-)

Kribha said...

Can you believe it HC... I have never tasted this until 6 years back. My hubby only introduced me to this and I absolutely loved it. This is the first time I'm seeing the mold. Great pictures.