Recipe: Tasty Steamed Banana Dumplings (Kumbilappam)

Steamed Banana Dumplings (Kumbilappam). Kumbilappam is a traditional sweet snack from Kerala Cuisine. They are nothing but steamed sweet dumplings flavored with bay leaf. Kumbilappam is a traditional sweet snack from Kerala Cuisine.

Allow it to cool and then blend it into a paste format in a mixer and transfer. Kumbilappam. (Steamed banana and wheat flour or rice flour dumplings). "Wish you all a very very Happy Onam". I hope you are all set for the Onam celebrations. You can have Steamed Banana Dumplings (Kumbilappam) using 8 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Steamed Banana Dumplings (Kumbilappam)

1. Prepare 1/2 cup of Rice Flour.
2. You need 1/3 cup of Jaggery.
3. Prepare 3 tbsp of Water.
4. You need 1/4 cup of Mashed Banana.
5. You need 1/4 cup of Freshly Grated Coconut.
6. It's 1 tsp of Cardamom Powder.
7. Prepare 1 tsp of Ghee.
8. You need as required of Bay Leaves.

I am also busy with the arrangements. This year Onam is on Friday so we are really happy. Being an expatriate I really miss. Kumbilappam is seasonal authentic dish from Kerala 'God's Own Country' and it also goes by several names; Kumbilappam, Chakka Kumbulappam, Chakka Appam, Vazhanayappam Theraliyappam.

Steamed Banana Dumplings (Kumbilappam) step by step

1. In a small cooking pan, add jaggery and water and heat it till the jaggery melts. Strain and set aside..
2. In a mixing bowl, add rice flour..
3. Add freshly grated coconut..
4. Add cardamom powder..
5. Take a banana. Cut it into small pieces. Mash it with a masher. Add this mashed banana to the flour-coconut mixture..
6. Mix well to make a dough. Add ghee and mix well..
7. Take a clean bay leaf. Shape it into a cone. Secure it with a toothpick. Fill the leaf cone with the prepared dough. Repeat the process for the rest of the dough..
8. Take a steamer, add water and one bay leaf. Transfer the filled cones to the steamer plate and steam cook it on high flame for 15 minutes..
9. When done, remove from heat..
10. Serve warm with a hot cup of tea or coffee..
11. Part of the dough I filled in silicon moulds. Pre-heated air fryer for 4 minutes and baked it 180° for 5 minutes. The baked dumplings tasted even more better than the steamed dumplings..

Whatever be the name, the recipe followed is the same. They are nothing but steamed sweet dumplings flavored with bay leaf. There are a different kind of traditional kumbil appams such as banana kumbilappam and jackfruit kumbilappam or chakka kumbilappam. Kumbilappam is a traditional sweet snack from Kerala Cuisine. They are nothing but steamed sweet dumplings flavored with bay leaf.