Masala Podi Paniyaram Recipe / Podi Paniyaram Recipe

If you have Dosa batter in hand, then this Podi Paniyaram will take only 20 minutes to cook. I often make Podi Idlis for kids lunch box and this Podi Paniyaram as Snack or Evening tiffin when they come from home. They love this Masala Podi Paniyaram a lot. This Podi Paniyaram is a versatile recipe, you can serve for Breakfast, Evening Tiffin or as a snack too. 

Oats Paniyaram Recipe | Easy Oats Paniyaram Using Idli Batter | Left over Idli Batter Recipe Ideas

Oats paniyaram is an Instant recipe that can be prepared using some left over idli/dosa batter. This oats paniyaram is a healthy, yummy and filling dish that can be served for breakfast, dinner or a perfect after school snack for kids. Here, I used store bought oat flour but you can make it home easily by grinding the rolled oats or quick cooking oats in blender and add it to the recipe. It is good to include oats and other whole grains in your daily meal. Whole grains are rich in fiber and low in calories and also they helps to reduce blood cholesterol and aids in good digestion. I use oats, millets, legumes and lentils in my daily cooking along with veggies.
Oats Paniyaram is one such healthy recipe with great taste. To make it even more tasty and crispy I also added some semolina/sooji/rava and rice flour to the batter. This oats paniyaram is not only my kids' favorite V also loved it a lot. If you don't have paniyam pan/Appam pan or Aebleskiver pan no worries, you can use your tawa/griddle or any wide pan and make it as thick pancake or Oats Oothappam. I tried that too, oats oothappam turned out soft and yummy. Now off to the recipe.

Pasiparuppu Paniyaram | Moongdal Paniyaram ~ Healthy Snack Recipe

Today's recipe is one healthy, delicious, simple and easy after school snack recipe for kids using Moongdal / Pasiparuppu - Pasiparuppu Paniyaram. This is my Grandma's recipe and one of my favorite childhood food. Pasiparuppu Paniyaram is a good old recipe that many of you did not even heard or completely forgotten, I am happy that I learned such healthy, delicious recipes from her. My grandma is good in making different varieties of Paniyaram / Adai & Vadai. Most of our evening tiffin or snack will be Idli Batter Paniyaram, Chola Paniyaram, Pasiparuppu paniyaram, Ragi Adai, Murungai Adai. These are delicious, nutritious and filling snack. If you love Paniyram then you must try this recipe, this pasiparuppu paniyaram needs any spicy tangy dip like tomato garlic chutney, kara chutney, coconut chutney with dry red chilies. My kids love to have it with tomato sauce.I have posted this recipe long back and now updating it with new pictures and step wise pictures.  Now off to the recipe

Spinach Paniyaram / Palak Paniyaram

I am happy to share that Spicy Treats had crossed 5 Lakh Hits this weekend and My Tons and Tons of Thanks to all my readers, fellow bloggers, daily visitors, Subscribers and Facebook Fans. This is very important milestone for my little space since its 1 year and 9 months old only. Without your support and encouragement this would not be possible, thanks again to each n every one who visit my little space and hope u will continue your support and encourage me to do more n more in the future also. I wanted to treat to U with a special post, something sweet n special but my lil' one is sick n today he is feeling much better so keep watching for the Celebration post this week :)

Chola Paniyaram / Corn Paniyaram

Today's recipe is one of my favorite Paniyaram, Chola Paniyaram/Sola Paniyaram. For every summer vacation me n my sister go to our Grandmother's House. Those two months were so joyful with our grandparents and cousins. Daily my grand mom used to make some yummy snacks or light tiffin for our evening tea time munch. She often makes tasty Paniyarams for our evening snack with left over idly batter, moongdal and this chola paniyaram. This is traditionally made with sorghum but i couldn't find it here, so i simply tried with Dry Corn kernels(used to make popcorns). Yes, i made this with Dry corn kernels, the idea was supported by the Versatile blogger Priya and Nalini. But this dry corn kernels requires more soaking time at least 24 hours of soaking time. So if u want to make it quicker and easier you can simply try with adding corn meals to idly/dosa batter. Let me try that too and update here soon.
But i am so glad that my experiment doesn't fail and the paniyaram come out so well and tasted too yummy. The pictures are the proof of my experiment :) Like me my kids too love paniyarams and they loved this too. Served this chola Paniyaram with Spicy Tomato Chutney(recipe coming soon). Now to the recipe...

Stuffed Paniyaram / Tomato Masala Stuffed Paniyaram

 Another interesting recipe, spicy and tangy tomato stuffed Paniyarams. I have already tried and posted Musroom masala Stuffed Paniyarams, this is another successful attempt with tomato masala as stuffing. I made this for the event, LGSS - Tomato guest hosting by my blogger friend Anu. This is a simple yet very tasty kara paniyarams with tomato thokku stuffed. Very tasty and spicy paniyaram perfect for breakfast or evening tiffins. 

Chettinad Paruppu Paniyaram N Thakkali Chutney

               Paniyaram is one of my favorite breakfast. And now its became favorite of my kids too. They love this small ball shapes...and will enjoy eating these balls without troubling me :)
Chettinad recipes are not familiar to me...but i tried some chettinad veg n non veg recipes from other blogs and websites. And this Paruppu paniyaram , I watched in TV cookery show by chef Jacob...He added only the cooked n mashed tuvar dal and seasoned with thalippu vadagam. But i tried with my own creativity and changed the recipe entirely to my taste. Result was awesome and it was a very delicious n filling breakfast. Paniyaram on outside it turns super crispy and inner it was so soft n moist.(like idly).Addition of tuvar dal to the batter gives protein rich paniyaram and i used ghee to cook paniyaram.So both protein and fat rich food. you can use oil also but ghee/butter gives nice flavor n rich taste to the dal/Paruppu paniyaram.

Stuffed Paniyaram - Mushroom n Potato Stuffing

            Today Friday, Varalakshmi Vratham an Auspicious Day to Worship goddess Lakshmi.Varalakshmi vratham was observed on second friday of Shravana Masam.(Shravana Masam is the fifth month in a traditional Hindu Telugu calendar followed in Andhra Pradesh. Telugu Sravana Masam 2011 is from July 31 to August 29. )If one could not do Pooja on 2nd friday can worship in any Friday of shravana masam.Lakshmi is the goddess of wealth and prosperity. Worshiping goddess lakshmi during shravana masam was highly auspicious.To know more about Varalakshmi Vratham n pooja Click Here.. I finished my Pooja by morning itself n offered Sweet Pongal,Channa Sunda , Kachayam ,Inippu Aval,Coconut rice n Lemon rice along with some fruits to God.I wish n Pray God on this auspicious day to bless U All n Your Family with all happiness,good health n Peace in your life..

           Coming to today's recipe, stuffed Paniyaram...as i love Paniyaram more i would like to try something new with it.First time tried stuffed paniyaram with mushroom n potato stuffing.the result was so good ,flavorful n enjoyed a lot.My kutties also liked this paniyaram very much.Feeding them right things in right time is a very difficult task for us.Sometimes my kids will not have anything for 2 days no breakfast,bo lunch n no dinner ..only milk n chocolates ...in such cases i need to bring some interesting things in their food n get them attracted .one such dish was this stuffed paniyaram.. My lil' master really liked this very much n not even allowed me to take good pictures...some how managed them n caught some clicks for u :)
Here, will see mushroom n potato filling for stuffed paniyaram..Instead of plain mashed potato i used left over potato masal in this recipe...you can use any stuffing of your choice n enjoy this delicious n yummy stuffed

Ingredients
For Paniyaram Batter

1. Dosa Batter    2 cups
2. Cilantro   2 tbsp(finely chopped)
3. Tempering 
4. Mustard seeds    1/2 tsp
5. Urad dal   1 tsp
6. Chana dal    2 tsp
7. ginger    2 tsp(finely chopped)
8. Hing   a pinch

For stuffing :

1. Mushroom   1 cup(sliced) 
2. Onion   1 medium(sliced)
3. Potato    1 large(boiled n mashed)
4. Green bell Pepper   2 tbsp(finely chopped)
5. Tomato   1/2 (chopped)
6. Mint leaves   1 twig(leaves alone finely chopped)
7. turmeric powder    a pinch
8. Chilli powder   1/2 tsp
9. Garam masala    1/2 tsp
10. Salt  to taste
11. Mustard seeds    1/2 tsp
12. Fennel seeds    1/4 tsp
13. Oil     1-2 tsp

Method

• Heat oil in a pan,add mustard seeds n fennel seeds allow to splutter,then add sliced onions and saute it for a minute then add mint leaves n green bell pepper and fry for a minute.
• After that add,chopped tomatoes n turmeric powder and saute lightly and add sliced mushroom n stir fry for a minute.
• Then add chilli n garam masala powder fry well and cook till raw smell of the masala leaves.
• Now add mashed potato( i used left over potato masal),enough salt and mix everything well and cook for a minute.
• lastly add some finely chopped cilantro,mix well n turn off the stove.
• That's all... mushroom potato filling is ready now.

Method 
To make Stuffed Paniyaram

• Heat oil in a pan,and then add tempering ingredients fry well and add to batter mix well.
• Now heat a paniyaram pan, add few drops of oil on each groove n when its get hot, pour batter 1/2 level to the groove and keep 2 spoons of filling and the pour batter like covering the stuffing.
• Cover the paniyaram pan with lid and cook for 2 minutes and then turn other side gently  and cook till turn golden brown n crisp.
• Once done...remove the stuffed paniyaram from the pan n serve hot with any desired chutney.
• with the above quantity you can make 21 stuffed paniyaram.

Moongdal Keerai Paniyaram

              Moongdal  Keerai Paniyaram is my Grandma's recipe.For this paniyaram the batter need not to be fermented..can be used after grinding.very tasty and healthy paniyaram. Enjoy this delicious and tasty paniyaram as evening tiffin or for dinner.Any spicy chutney makes a good combo.

Vegetable Paniyaram N Vegetable Oothappam

      I am re posting this recipe as it did not appear in my archive :( Few days back Blogger was not available due to some reason...when it came back the entire post was missing with all your lovely words n again it was there in my blog but when i checked yesterday it was totally missing in my archive,so i want to add this yummy recipe to my archive again....

My kids favorite breakfast.they love paniyaram more to ..play :) hmmm...to them its like small balls they both will be more excited.They both will throw at each others face n they laugh loudly n enjoy the play more than with the toys.

Kachayam / Rava paniyaram / Low Calorie Banana Fritters

       My mom and grandmom used to make this delicious sweet for naivedyam -kirthigai viratham, panguni viratham and for any special occasions & festivals.The actual recipe is deep frying,but i wanted to make it a low calorie snack so cooked in paniyaram pan/aebleskiver pan. And also the original recipe uses sugar but i substituted it with Jaggery. This is another easy and healthy recipe to use your over ripe bananas. Give it a try definitely you will love it.

Paasiparuppu Paniyaram/Moongdal Paniyaram

   My grandma use to make Paniyaram with rice batter,solam,kambhu,raagi and pasiparuppu.My favorite is sola paniyaram and this pasiparuppu paniyaram .for this paniyaram,she use to make spicy garlic chutney it suits well for this paniyaram.i will post that garlic chutney recipe in my future postings .U can simple enjoy this paniyaram with tomato chilli sauce or any preferred chutney of ur choice.Its simple and less work and very healthy choice too.Recipe follows:

Ingrdedients

1. Moongdal   1cup
2. Aval/Poha     1/2 cup
3. Jeera+fennel seeds     1 tsp
4. Green chillies/dry red chillies    3-4 no.s
5. Ginger    small piece(finely chopped)
6. Curry leaves   few
7. Coriander leaves    few
8. Onion     1no.(finely chopped)

Method

• Soak moongdal and poha for 1-2 hrs and grind both along with jeera,fennel seeds and green chillies  in to little coarse paste with little water.
• The consistency of the batter should be little thicker than idly batter.
• After grinding transfer it to a vessel and add chopped onions,curry leaves,hing,coriander leaves and ginger and enough salt.
• Mix everything well and no need for fermentation...ready to use.
• Heat a paniyaram pan ,add 1/4tsp or less oil in each hole and pour a spoonful of batter to each hole.
• Cook in medium flame so that it get cooked well on innerside and outer side crispy.
• After few minutes turn in to other side using a paniyaram stick or spoon cook for another few minutes.
• Once it donw transfer to serving plate and serve hot with any chutney or tomato chilli sauce.

Kuzhi Paniyaram / Masala Kuzhi Paniyaram / Khara Paniyaram

Ingredients
Batter

1. Idly rice   1cup
2.  raw rice    1cup
3. Urad dal    1/2 cup or less.
4. Chana dal    1/4 cup
5. Methi seeds    1/4 tsp