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    Elai Paniyaram - Ganesh Chaturthi Special Recipes

    Last Updated On: Apr 8, 2025 by Aarthi


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    Elai Paniyaram Recipe with step by step pictures. This recipe is a rice parcels filled in a dough made of rice flour, with sweet fillings, steamed in banana leaf.

    I made this Paniyaram along with Therali Kolukattai  on ganesh chaturthi, but never got a chance to post it till today. This one is going to be a long post, so bare with me.

    This recipe is from my grand mother, it is like a very traditional recipe in our place. This is a compulsary one on ganesh chaturthi. Traditionally we make it in the heart shaped leaf which is known as arasa maram leaf. But it is hard to find, so you can make this in plain banana leaf. But for people who cannot get banana leaf, you can make it in aluminium foil too.

    The outer layer will be very thin and chewy, which contains the sweet coconuty filling. It is simply amazing. There is one more stuffing which is made from jack fruit which goes into this. I will post that in another post. That one is my favorite.

    If you have any questions not covered in this post and if you need help, leave me a comment or mail me @[email protected] and I’ll help as soon as I can.

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    Elai Paniyaram Recipe

    Elai Paniyaram Recipe with step by step pictures. This recipe is a rice parcels filled in a dough made of rice flour, with sweet fillings, steamed in banana leaf.
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    Prep Time: 30 minutes minutes
    Cook Time: 45 minutes minutes
    Total Time: 1 hour hour 15 minutes minutes
    Servings: 18
    Calories: 81kcal

    Ingredients

    • Banana Leaf / Arasamara Ilai - as needed
    • For Filling:
    • 1 cup grated Jaggery / Sarkarai
    • ½ cup Water
    • 1 cup Coconut
    • 1 tsp Cardamom Powder / Yelakai
    • For Dough:
    • 2 cups Rice Flour
    • Water as needed
    • Oil as needed

    Instructions

    • Take jaggery in a kadai add water to it and mix well. Heat it up till it is melted.Strain it and pour it back in to the kadai.
    • Add coconut to it and mix well.
    • Now add in cardamom powder and mix well.
    • Heat it till it gets thick. Remove and set aside.
    • Heat some water till it boil.
    • Take rice flour in a bowl, Add in hot water and mix well till it forms into a smooth dough.
    • Now take your leaf, and grease it slightly with some oil.
    • Place a small ball of dough in it and flatten it thinly. Keep a tsp of filling in the center and fold it over with the leaf.
    • Place this in the steamer and steam it for 15 mins.
    • Serve.

    Nutrition

    Serving: 1g | Calories: 81kcal | Carbohydrates: 15g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 2g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.1g | Sodium: 1mg | Potassium: 29mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 0.3g | Vitamin C: 0.1mg | Calcium: 3mg | Iron: 0.2mg
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    Elai Paniyaram Recipe Step by Step

    All your ingredients

     

    Take jaggery in a kadai

     

    Add a dash of water

     

    Melt it down

     

    Bring it to a boil

     

    All jaggery is melted

     

    Strain it

     

    Look all the sediments

     

    Take it back into the pan

     

    Add in coconut

     

    Mix well

     

    Add a dash of cardamom powder

     

    And mix well

     

    It will get thick and yummy

     

    Remove it to a bowl

     

    Now make the dough..Heat water

     

    Take rice flour in a bowl

     

    Add hot water in that

     

    And make into a dough

     

    Now take your leafs..

     

    Place it on a plate

     

    Grease it lightly with some oil

     

    place a small ball over it

     

    flatten it thinly

     

    spoon some filling in the middle

     

    fold it over

     

    all done

     

    Place it in a steamer

     

    After it is steamed

     

    Enjoy..

     


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    1. Torviewtoronto

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      looks fabulous

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    2. Asan Sheeba

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      it will be more tasty if u add moong dal in filling..

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    3. Nisha

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      very traditional recipe ,loved it

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    4. Sarithaa Samy

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      Arthi,instead of vellam,can we use karuppatti.

      I don't have vellam

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    5. Aarthi

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      @Sarithaa SamyI have never seen people using karupatti. If you want you can use it, but the taste will be completely different

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