Tamil Nadu Kuli Paniyaram is a popular breakfast dish made with rice batter in different proportions. This kuzhi paniyaram can be spiced with chilies and vegetables.
Kara Paniyaram is a delicious breakfast dish you can serve for both breakfasts or evening snacks. We will need a special gadget to make these paniyaram. Previously iron cast paniyaram pans were only available that require a lot of seasoning, however, we get nonstick pans and it makes the whole task very easy.
We make paniyaram once a week and so are always on the lookout for different versions. I have different versions already posted Chettinad Kara Kuzhi Paniyaram, Masala Stuffed Urad Paniyaram, Guntha Ponganalu, Gunta Pongadalu, Banana Ragi Paniyaram, Chola Paniyaram.
These paniyarams surely brighten the Breakfast table. Apart from making these kara paniyarams, we can use this batter to make regular Dosa as well.
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Ingredients Used to make Tamil Nadu Kuli Paniyaram
We prepare this batter with both raw rice and boiled rice along with Urad Dal.
Ferment this batter as how you would do with the regular dosa batter. You can make paniyaram on its own, or you can spice it with finely chopped vegetables and spices.
Refrigerate the batter after fermentation. Remove as much as a batter you would require and store the rest.
You can temper the batter with mustard, curry leaves, and vegetable of your choice. I added onions, grated carrot along with curry leaves and coriander leaves.
Recipe
Tamil Nadu Kuli Paniyaram
Ingredients
- 1 cups Rice Raw
- 3 cup Rice Boiled
- 1/2 cup Urad Dal
- 2 tsp Sago
- Salt to taste
- Cooking Oil for cooking
For Tempering
- 1/2 cup Onions finely chopped
- 1/2 cup Carrots finely grated
- Handful Curry Leaves
- Handful Coriander Leaves finely chopped
- 1 tsp Cooking Oil
- 1/2 tsp Mustard Seeds
Instructions
How to make Kuli Paniyaram
- Wash and change the water a couple of times and soak both the rice, urad dal in water for 4 to 5 hours.
- Wash and soak the sago separately.
- When you are ready to grind, drain the water from the rice, dal and grind to a smooth batter. Just when the rice is ground to a smooth batter, add the soaked sago and grind further for few minutes, until well mixed.
- Add salt and let it ferment the batter for 6 hours or overnight.
- When ready to make the paniyaram, grease the paniyaram pan with cooking oil.
- Take the quantity required and add vegetables as required.
For Tempering
- Heat a pan with cooking oil, saute onions to it along with mustard seeds. I added grated carrots, green chilies, curry leaves directly to the batter.
- Soak chana dal and urad dal whole before adding to the batter.
- When the pan is hot, pour a spoonful enough to fill the dents and simmer.
- When the bottom gets cooked, flip to the other side and again cook for 5 mins.
- Drizzle oil over it and cover with the lid and cook for 5 to 6 mins for each batch.
- Serve with chutney of choice.
Rafeeda - The Big Sweet Tooth says
This is something I like to make with leftover dosa batter. Makes a lovely tea time snack... thanks for sharing a detailed recipe... 🙂
Suma Gandlur says
Love them. I have become a fan of kuli paniyaram ever since I came across a version of it in one of the earlier BMs and switched to it from the version I have grown up eating.
sushma says
One of my favorite breakfast dish. Yummy
vaishalisabnani says
Somehow can’t think beyond toasts and parathas for breakfast ! Have made paniyaram, but really don’t know that there are so many variations . I do have some dosa batter - will try . These definitely make an excellent breakfast .
Harini Rupanagudi says
Lovely combination of ingredients for these delicious paniyarams. I usually use dosa/idli batter but this sounds much more flavorful.