Kinnathappam

Plate cake

Kinnathappam (Plate cake)
Place of origin	India
Region or state	Kerala
Main ingredients	Rice flour, Coconut milk, Sugar, Fried Coconut pieces, Cumin

Steam plate cake (commonly known as Kinnathappam in India) is a popular traditional sweet cake widely used in North Malabar, Kerala. There are two variants of kinnathappam. One is white and another is black. The white kinnathappam is widly made in Middile Kerala and black version is baked in North Kerala. The process of cooking black kinnathappam is quite long but the white variant is much easy to cook and it is very soft compared to black variant.