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Appam and stew - is coconut the catch?

Appam and stew - is coconut the catch?

Two soft appams with a katori of coconut-milk vegetable stew is about 540 kcal, and most of those calories live in the stew, not the appam. Swap to thin coconut milk and the same Kerala breakfast drops to near 410 kcal.

12 Jul 2026 · Burnie Academy
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Appam is that soft, lacy rice pancake from Kerala. It feels light as air. Next to it sits a bowl of vegetable stew, slow-cooked in coconut milk. The appam looks like the innocent one. The stew looks creamy and rich. So is coconut really the catch? Let us open the plate and count, piece by piece.

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