Thursday, January 28, 2010

Gunta Ponganalu/Appe/Paddu/Paniyaram

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Every place has given a unique name to these delicious golden fried balls like gunta ponganalu in telugu,appey/paddu in kannada and paniyaram in tamil.This is one of my favorite breakfast which I prefer making it on a weekend to enjoy these hot,crispy and yummy balls.You can even prepare with left over dosa batter,these taste better when the batter turns very sour.These balls turn out very crispy on the outer side and soft inside.This is a ideal breakfast to pack for your kids lunch box and can also be served as a snack.Here,comes the yummy recipe.

Ingredients:
2 medium onions,finely chopped
1 medium carrot,grated
1/4 cup chopped coriander
3 tbsp soaked chana dal(atleast for 1 hr)
1 sprig of curry leaves,finely chopped
2 tsp green chilli paste,coarsely ground
salt to taste
oil for frying

for Batter:
2 cups Idli rice
1/2 cup levelled urad dal
1/2 cup levelled rice flakes(beaten rice)
1/2 tsp methi/fenugreek seeds
salt to taste

for tempering:
1 tsp oil
1 tsp mustard seeds

Method:
  • Soak the rice and dals with fenugreek seeds separately for 4-5 hrs.Soak rice flakes in enough water for 1/2 hr.
  • Grind soaked urad dal and rice flakes in wet grinder until very smooth and fluffy mixture.Remove it and keep aside.
  • Now grind the rice until it is almost done,slightly coarse mixture.Mix both the mixture and add enough salt to it and let it ferment overnight.
  • Add finely chopped onion,grated carrot,green chilli paste,soaked chana dal,chopped curry leaves and coriander to it and mix well.
  • Heat 1 tsp of oil in a small tadka pan and crackle mustard seeds in it and add that to the batter and mix well.
  • Heat the paniyaram/gunta panganalu pan/Aebliskever pan and add few drops of oil in it.when it is piping hot pour the batter using a table spoon until it covers 3/4 th and pour some more oil over it and cover it with a lid.Let it roast on medium flame until golden brown in color.
  • After a couple of minutes using a fork or sharp knife run around the edges of each paniyaram and turn to the other side and roast until golden brown on both the sides.
  1. You can even add finely chopped spring onions to the batter.
  2. You can use left over dosa or Idli batter to make these paniyarams.
  3. If your paniyarams are not turning out crispy add a couple of tea spoons of barik rava/hollige rava to the batter before making paniyarams.

48 comments:

Sushma Mallya said...

Last week i had made this one too..ur recipe is really different and nice,adding onion and carrots is really a new idea...thanks for sharing prathibha and as always beautiful clicks too...

Priya Suresh said...

Adding veggies looks fantastic Prathy, i do this paniyaram often whenever there was some leftover idli batter, lovely clicks..

Lakshmi said...

one of our fav breakfast!

jayasree said...

I usually make them as tea time snack with left over dosa batter.

Gorgeous clicks..

Savi-Ruchi said...

love eating this anytime of the day :)

Parita said...

Paniyarams look mouth watering, i remember one of my friend used to get these back in college :)

Padhu Sankar said...

Lovely and yummy paniyaram.
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Rachana said...

paniyarams look really delicious...

lubnakarim06 said...

I learnt this from valar and made these recently....i made using leftover dosa batter....they look gr8...

Tina said...

Delicious and yummy yummy paniyaram..

SE said...

very delicious and tempting..love these !!yum

Saraswathy Balakrishnan said...

Simply delicious!!!and mouth-watering ladoo:)

Unknown said...

a fovourite at my place..looks good..

FH said...

Oh, I am hungry now. I wish I had some of those now with spicy chutney. Perfect looking Paddus.

Vrinda said...

Mouthwatering paniyaram...

Finla said...

That looks so so delcious.

Shama Nagarajan said...

nice yummy paniyaram dear

Mangala Bhat said...

nice one! love the name ! Awesome click!

Ramya Vijaykumar said...

Nice and tempting gunta ponganalu... I made them last week had nothing left to click cos we had it right as it came out of the pans ;)

Pavithra Elangovan said...

Mmmmmmmmmmmmm one of my all time fav ... looks yumm.

Cham said...

Mt family fav tiffin! Yummy pic :)

Deepa G Joshi said...

one of my favorites..nice clicks.

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Namitha said...

Love this..I was planning to make some :-)Will try your recipe this time..:-) Thanks Prathibha !

Mythreyi Dilip said...

Adding veggies to paniyaram sounds interesting dear! Looks crispy and delicious.....

Perspectivemedley said...

yummmy paniyaram!!.. looks so good! :)

Anonymous said...

nice one prathi..I love the way they look so cute with those mustard eyes.am making it this week

Anonymous said...

nice one prathi..I love the way they look so cute with those mustard eyes.am making it this week

Anonymous said...

nice one prathi..I love the way they look so cute with those mustard eyes.am making it this week

Anonymous said...

nice one prathi..I love the way they look so cute with those mustard eyes.am making it this week

Anonymous said...

nice one prathi..I love the way they look so cute with those mustard eyes.am making it this week

Gita Jaishankar said...

Cute presentation dear...my MIL made this for me once...I really loved the crispiness :)

Shri said...

Oh boy!!Can you pls pass that?

Jeyashris Kitchen said...

I too make it in the same way.Love those fluffy appams.tempting

Uma said...

looks sooo delicious and tempting...

Pari Vasisht said...

The appe have turned out so well, nice crispy outer crust.

Chitra said...

I want to taste it right now..U made me hungry :)

Valarmathi Sanjeev said...

My favorite breakfast, love this looks tempting and delicious.

Padma said...

Looks mouthwatering.

AdukalaVishesham said...

wow looks like its paniyaram week... we also posted one yesterday same pinch... little different recipe from yours though good post dear..

Saritha said...

wonderful looking punugulu(that's what my kids call it)

Hayley said...

Hi

Awesome and mouthwatering appe...lokks tempting..nice space..

cheers and do visit me if you can

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Divya Kudua said...

One of my favorite breakfast..love it as a tea-snack too:):)

Malar Gandhi said...

Paniyarams are my fav' tiffins...looks perfect and inviting:)

Mahimaa's kitchen said...

yummy yummy snack.. my fav.

Padmajha said...

We love this as teatime snacks and make this only with left over batter.Addition of veggies sound so nutritious!!!

Vikis Kitchen said...

Paniyaram for breakfast ..lovely thought dear. Very nice click . Thanks for the recipe. I should try once i get this pan:)

Raks said...

I love this any time,breakfast/tea time or dinner! Looks appetizing!

Dershana said...

absolutely lovely looking paniyarams!

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