Chakka Kumbil Appam (jackfruit Appam)

Ingredients

Sweet   jack fruit   - 2 cups
Rice  flour   - 1  cup
Semolina      - 1/2 cup
Sugar            - 3 tbsp
salt
Bay leaves (vazhana ela)
Toothpick

Preparation

Make a  cone (kumbil) shape  with each  green bay leaf and tooth pick  and keep aside.
Remove the seeds from the jack fruit.
In a mixer bowl,  make a smooth paste of the sweet yellow jack fruit.
In a bowl, put rice flour, semolina, sugar, salt and jack fruit paste and stir.
If needed One or two table spoons of milk can be added. 
It depends how much the Jack fruit is ripe.
With a spoon pour the mixture into each bay leaf cone and 
keep in a steamer for 20 minutes.
Serve as it cools.

As the Appams have the natural  flavour of jack fruit and bay leaves, no other flavours are required.

There are two types of jack fruit - Varikka and Kuuzha.
Varikka – has a thick texture.
Kuuzha – has a thread like texture as it ripens.
To make Appam  from Kuuzha - jack fruit, sieve the jack fruit and ensure that there is no thread.