I happened to taste paniyarams on the outskirts of Madurai on my way to Kuttralam last season.It was so good that I wanted to try it for myself sometime.Happened to do this few weeks back.Hope you enjoy!
Ingredients :
1 cup Idli rice
1 cup Ponni raw rice
1/2 cup Split urad dal
1/4 tsp Fenugreek seeds
mustard seeds,urad dal,chana dal,cut onions,shredded ginger,curry leaves,green chillies,coriander leaves,shredded coconut,oil/ghee,salt
Cooking Method :
Soak the top four ingredients in water for 4-5 hours before making the dough.Keep it overnight for it to ferment.Once fermented it should be ready for us to proceed further.Take a pan,heat the oil and add mustard seeds,chana dal,ural dal,onions,ginger,green chillies,curry leaves,coriander leaves and finally shredded coconut.Fry it for few minutes and add these contents to the fermented dough.Add salt to taste and mix the dough thoroughly.
Now take the paniyaram pan and warm it before adding ghee in the paniyaram holes.Make sure 1/4 to 1/2 of the hole is filled with ghee for the first round of panaiyarams.Now pour the dough in each of the holes.After few minutes turn the paniyarams around using a sharp wooden stick.After few minutes paniyarams are ready.Paniyaram goes well with coconut/tomato chutney.
