Kuzhi Paniyaram, Kara Paniyaram
Kuzhi Paniyaram / Kara Paniyaram is one of the breakfast recipes made throughout South India
Servings 6
Calories 268kcal
Ingredients
- 2 cups Idli/Dosa Batter
- 1 Onion finely chopped
- 4 Green chillies finely chopped
- Curry leaves few
- 1/2 tsp Mustard seeds
- 1/2 tsp Urad dal
- 1/2 tsp Chana dal
- Coriander leaves finely chopped, handful
- Oil as required
Instructions
To make Batter
- Wash and soak 1 cup rice and and 1/4 cup urad dal with the 1 tsp fenugreek seeds in a bowl for about 4 hours.
- Grind it to a smooth paste. Add salt and Mix well.
- Ferment the batter for 8 hours (or overnight) till the batter doubles in volume.
- Now the Paniyaram batter is ready to make. You can store it in the refrigerator and make it later too.
To make Kuzhi Paniyaram
- Heat a pan.
- Add oil and temper with mustard seeds, chana dal and urad dal.
- Now add the chopped onions, green chillies, curry leaves and salt. Cook for 2 mins, till it becomes transparent .
- Add the mixture and chopped coriander leaves to the batter and mix well.
- Heat the kuzhi paniyaram pan . Drizzle 1/2 tsp of oil in each mould.
- Pour the batter in each mould. Fill each mould till 3/4th. Wait till you see bubbles over the batter. It will take about a minute to cook on one side. Gently flip the paniyaram to the other side using a wooden which comes along with the paniyaram pan. Drizzle 1/2 of oil now and let it cook for a minute.
- Cook till both sides are cooked and golden on the outside. Make sure you cook paniyaram on medium flame. This will give crispy paniyaram. kuzhi paniyaram / Kara Paniyaram is ready to be served.
Notes
- If you wish, you can also add vegetables. You can add carrot, beetroot, corn or capsicum. It tastes good.