Pesaha Appam

Pesaha appam (lit. 'Passover unleavened bread') or Inriyappam or Kurisappam is the unleavened Passover bread made by the of Kerala, India to be served on the night of Maundy Thursday. The whitish Pesaha appam is a firm rice cake. It is made from rice batter like palappam, but is different from palappam in that Pesaha appam is not fermented with yeast in its preparation. The meal also includes small banana variants in Kerala such as poovan pazham or njalipoovan pazham. The brown palkurukku is made mainly using jaggery and coconut milk. A cross is made using the palm leaves from Palm Sunday and placed in the middle of the batter.

Pesaha Appam

Pesaha appam (lit. 'Passover unleavened bread') or Inriyappam or Kurisappam is the unleavened Passover bread made by the of Kerala, India to be served on the night of Maundy Thursday. The whitish Pesaha appam is a firm rice cake. It is made from rice batter like palappam, but is different from palappam in that Pesaha appam is not fermented with yeast in its preparation. The meal also includes small banana variants in Kerala such as poovan pazham or njalipoovan pazham. The brown palkurukku is made mainly using jaggery and coconut milk. A cross is made using the palm leaves from Palm Sunday and placed in the middle of the batter.