Thursday 23 February 2017

Sweet Paniyaram

These paniyarams can be made as sweet or savory. I prepared sweet one today.

Ingredients
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Raw Rice -1 cup
Idly Rice  - 1/2 Cup
Javvarisi   - 2 Tsp
Coconut   - 1/2 Shredded
Sugar        - 1 Tsp
Urad Dhal -  2 Tablespoon
Methi Seeds - 1/2 Tsp
Salt

For Sweet Paniyaram
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Powdered Jaggery -  as required
Cardamom - 1
Coconut pieces

For Kara Paniyaram
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Onion
Green Chilly
Ginger
Coconut pieces
Mustard
Oil

Method
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1.Soak Rice and dhal, methi seeds for 2 hrs seperately.
2.Grind Methi and urad dhal in mixer for 6 minutes. I used my magic bullet. Keep the batter in a bowl.
3.Grind everything else together now.
4.Take 2 tablespoon batter from second batch.
5.Mix 2 batters together and mix well.
6.Mix 1/2 cup water 2 tablespoon batter  from step 4 and heat this mixture in low heat until it become very thick paste.
7.Once this paste is cooled , mix with rest of batter. It should be bit thicker than idly batter.
8.Keep it in warm place for 8 hours.

This is the basic batter for paniyaram and appam as well.

Sweet Paniyaram
1.Mix powdered jaggery according to taste,crushed cardamom and coconut pieces in the batter.
2.Heat the paniyara chatty and add pinch of butter or 1/4 tsp oil in each hole.
3.Fill 3/4 with prepared batter.
4.After 2 minutes carefully flip them.
5.Once both sides are cooked , remove from pan and serve hot.

Kara Paniyaram
1.Heat oil in a pan and season with mustard , curry leaves, finely chopped onion, green chilly and ginger.
2.Once cooled , mix with batter.
3.Add coconut pieces.
4.Make like sweet paniyaram.
5.Serve hot with coconut chutney or tomato chutney.