Chettinad Kuzhi Paniyaram Recipe with step by step pictures. Authentic soft kuzhi paniyaram recipe or appe taste delicious.
Kuzhi Paniyaram Recipe
A popular chettinad kuzhi paniyaram recipe made the authentic way. This paniyaram turns out so fluffy and taste delicious with chutney or sambar.
About Kuzhi Paniyaram Recipe
I have already shared paniyaram recipe but this is an authentic recipe for the chettinad kuzhi paniyaram handed down to me by my perimma. She made it once brought home, it was delicious. I asked her the recipe and made it immediately and it was a huge success.
There is a special way to measuring dal and rice. Normally it is measured in a ulakku, but i used a measuring cup. Measure raw rice in a cup of flatten the top of it. Now top with urad dal so it is mounted like. This is how it is measured. But i have given a easy measure like 1 cup raw rice and ¼ cup urad dal. You have soak both of it together and grind in a blender or grinder. Grinding it in a grinder is best.
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Ingredients for Kuzhi Paniyaram Recipe
- Raw Rice / Pacharisi
- Urad dal / Ulundu Paruppu
- Fenugreek Seeds / Methi / Vendayam
- Oil
- Mustard Seeds / Kaduku
- Urad dal / Ulundu Paruppu
- Asafoetida / Hing / Kaya Podi
- Curry leaves a handful
- Onion
- Ginger
- Green Chillies
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How to Make Kuzhi Paniyaram Recipe
Kuzhi Paniyaram batter
Take rice and dal in a bowl and wash them well, add fenugreek seeds and soak them for 4 hours. Now drain and add it to a grinder or blender and puree till smooth. Take it in a large container, add salt and mix well. Leave to ferment for atleast 8 hours or overnight.
Seasoning for Paniyaram Batter
Heat oil in a pan, add mustard and urad dal and let them sizzle. Add asafoetida and curry leaves and let them sizzle. In goes green chillies, ginger and onions and saute for few mins. Add salt and mix well. Add this into the batter and mix well.
Cooking Paniyaram
Heat a paniyaram pan with some oil, pour ladleful of batter in each hole and cover and cook for 2 to 3 mins. Flip over and cook.
Serving Kuzhi paniyaram
Serve with chutney or sambar. This can be served with tomato chutney, onion chutney, coconut chutney or sambar.
Look how puffy it looks!
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Kuzhi Paniyaram Recipe | Chettinad Kuzhi Paniyaram Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 cup Raw Rice / Pacharisi
- ¼ cup Urad dal / Ulundu Paruppu
- ¼ tsp Fenugreek Seeds / Methi / Vendayam
- 2 tbsp Oil + for making paniyaram
- 1 tsp Mustard Seeds / Kaduku
- 1 tsp Urad dal / Ulundu Paruppu
- ¼ tsp Asafoetida / Hing / Kaya Podi
- 1 sprig Curry leaves
- 1 large Onion chopped finely
- 1 tbsp Ginger chopped finely
- 2 Green Chillies chopped finely
Instructions
- Take rice and dal in a bowl and wash them well, add fenugreek seeds and soak them for 4 hours. Now drain and add it to a grinder or blender and puree till smooth.
- Take it in a large container, add salt and mix well. Leave to ferment for atleast 8 hours or overnight.
- Now heat oil in a pan, add mustard and urad dal and let them sizzle.
- Add asafoetida and curry leaves and let them sizzle.
- Add in green chillies, ginger and onions and saute for few mins. Add salt and mix well.
- Add this into the batter and mix well.
- Heat a paniyaram pan with some oil, pour ladleful of batter in each hole and cover and cook for 2 to 3 mins.
- Flip over and cook.
- Serve with chutney or sambar.
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Notes
- Any finely chopped vegetables can be added into the batter. Vegetables like grated carrots, cooked finely chopped beans, finely chopped cabbage can be added.
- You can make kuzhi paniyaram using leftover dosa batter or store bought batter.
- Kuzhi paniyaram pan or appe pan are available in amazon or online shops.
Serving Suggestions
Paniyaram can be served with tomato chutney, onion chutney, coconut chutney or sambar.Storage Suggestions
Paniyaram taste great when made fresh and served immediately. But it can be stored in a casserole for few hours.Chettinad Kuzhi Paniyaram Recipe with Step by Step Pictures
1)Take raw rice in a cup. Level it.
2)scoop some urad dal on top of the rice so it is mounted up. This is how my mom and perimma measures, but you can easily use 1 cup of raw rice and ¼ cup of urad dal.
3)Take it in a large bowl
4)Add in fenugreek seeds
5)Cover with water and leave to soak for 4 hours
6)Now it is soaked
7)Drain and take it in a blender or grinder
8) grind this to a smooth paste adding little water at a time.
9)Now it is grinded well.
10)Pour it in a large container.
11)Add a good amount of salt.
12)Mix well
13)Cover and leave to ferment overnight.
14)Now it has fermented
15)Mix well
16)Heat oil in a pan
17)Add mustard seeds and urad dal.
18)Let them get golden brown
19)Add in asafoetida
20)Add in ginger
21)Add onions
22)Add in green chillies
23)Saute them well
24)Now it has mixed for couple of mins
25)Add to the batter
26)Mix well
27)Heat a paniyaram pan with some oil
28)Pour batter in.
29)Cook for few mins and flip over and cook
30)Serve, we had it hot with some sambar
31)Look how puffy it is.
Tips & Tricks
- Any finely chopped vegetables can be added into the batter. Vegetables like grated carrots, cooked finely chopped beans, finely chopped cabbage can be added.
- You can make kuzhi paniyaram using leftover dosa batter or store bought batter.
- Kuzhi paniyaram pan or appe pan are available in amazon or online shops.
Serving Suggestions
Kuzhi paniyaram can be served with tomato chutney, onion chutney, coconut chutney or sambar.
Storage Suggestions
Paniyaram taste great when made fresh and served immediately. But it can be stored in a casserole for few hours.
Bella
What rice did you use for this recipe.Basmati rice,idli rice,long grain rice or parboiled rice or sona masouri rice.Please let me know because I am plainning to make this dish as soon as I get the response.Also I would like to know about urad dal whole or half urad dal.Thanks in advance
Aarthi
It is raw rice. Pacharisi. Urad dal is whole dal
Jagruti
Hi
i tried this recipe but my batter did not rise at all. I left it overnight for fermentation I followed the recipe. Please advise. Thx
Aarthi
If you live it cold climate it may take longer.
Poorni
The rice is not the idly rice rite....rice we use for food
MonaHerald
Is it ok to make this paniyaram with our regular idli batter..