Sweet Paniyaram

 Paniyaram..... a food that always makes me nostalgic.This is such a healthy food that requires very little oil/ghee ,yet gives you the satisfaction of indulging into a heavenly treat.My mom used to make it as a breakfast, and the left over panniyarams I used to eat it every now and then when I pass by the kitchen :) The batter iam using here is the one we make for kandarappam,which is another traditional delish .Well, in the midst of fatty foods and fast foods which are not healthy , iam happy to share with you all an authentic food which our parents and grandparents have grown up eating.Here you go.........

 

Ingredients
Raw rice-1 cup
Idly rice -1 cup
Urad dhal- 1/4 cup
Green gram dhal-1 table spoon
Thoor dhal-1 table spoon
Channa Dhal-1 table spoon
Jaggery -1 ½ cup
Grated coconut-(1/2 cocunut)
Cardamom  -6


Procedure :
Soak  Raw rice,Idly rice,Urad dhal,Green gram dhal,Thoor dhal and Channa Dhal for 1 hour. Grind it in the grinder  for 10 minutes. Now add the grated coconut and grind to a smooth paste. Finally add the powdered jaggery and the powdered cardamom and grind till the jaggery gets mixed well with the batter.
The batter should be in the consistency of dosa batter(neither watery nor very thick)

Step 1:
Heat the paniyaram  pan and add a drop of ghee/oil.I personally will recommend ghee for this.
There is no difference in the taste using ghee/oil, BUT the flavor/aroma that the ghee gives for any sweet is irreplaceable, irresistible, ir.... errrrrr.......

 

 

Step 2: Using a small ladle,fill the pan with the paniyaram batter to 3/4th as below.

 

 

 

 

Step 3: After a minute or so,you can see that the batter gets bulged on top and the sides browned.

It will look as picturized below.It is an indication that the bottom is cooked and time to flip the bottom side up.

 

Step 4: Now once the bottom side is flipped up,it will look as below.After 1 minute or so the other side will be cooked as well.When done transfer it to a plate and enjoy