Saturday, December 10, 2011

Paal Paniyaram for Bonjour

This post is exclusively for bonjour series by Jabeen's Corner.  By this time most of us should be familiar with Jabeen's Bonjour series.  I feel very happy to be part of this great series.

When Jabeen asked me to make my signature dish, the first thing which came to my mind was Chocolate Fudge Cake, this cake has never let me down, but the next thing again which came to my mind was I have to buy cream, also my little one ho loves this cake is not well at the moment.  I really didn't want to make it when she can't have this, so I asked my husband to give me suggestion, well he suggested this paal paniyaram.  I have made this only a very few times and every time it's a big hit.

Paal paniyaram is a traditional Chettinad recipe.  Chettinad Cuisine is well known for their spicy, aromatic flavours.  It is also known for this special recipes like paniyaram, idiyappam, murukku etc.  Traditional recipe suggest to use raw rice and urad dhal to make a thick batter, which is then fermented and made as paniyaram.  I have used only idli batter in this recipe, which I found it quite easy method and much more soft paniyarams.  Since idli batter is readily available in most of the South Indian's home I thought this would be better option.  Also these paniyarams gets soaked quickly and you don't have to put them in hot water before soaking in milk.  This has won the heart of my family members, hope it'll win yours too.

Ingredients:
Idli batter- 250 ml ( recipe follows )
Milk- 500 ml
Coconut milk- 250 ml
Cardamom powder- 1/2 tsp
Sugar- 75 g
Oil for frying

Method:
Heat the oil in a kadai for deep frying.  Drop small spoonful of idli batter in the hot oil.  Fry them until they look very light brown in colour.  Take it out from the oil and drain it in kitchen towel.  Heat the milk in a pan  for about 5 to 10 minutes.  Add the sugar and stir well.  Finally add the coconut milk and cardamom powder and take it off from heat. Add the paniyaram in the hot milk, let it soak for about 10 minutes and serve it immediately.

Note:
You can vary amount of sugar according to your taste.  Also if your batter is too thin, you can add some rice flour and mix well.  Make sure you don't add too much rice flour which will harden the  paniyaram and it never gets soaked well.
In case if you find that your dumplings are too hard, you can immerse them in hot water for 5 minutes and then soak it in milk. 

Idli Batter:

Parboiled rice-  3 cups
Urad dhal- 1 cup

Soak urad dhal and rice separately.  Grind them separately to a smooth batter.  Then combine both the batter, mix it along with salt and let it ferment over night.  Once fermented use it according to the recipe.
This proportion will yield about 3 to 4 litres of batter.

Linking this to White Christmas ChallengeYummy Desserts for New year, Sinful delights, Jingle All The Way- Edible entertainment, SYF and HWS series- Cardamom
 

41 comments:

schmetterlingwords said...

Idhellam inga irukum bodhu nee yen senji tharale?? :(

They look absolutely gorgeous and yummy. Wish I could grab them all... A very lovely traditional dish and beautiful presentation Ayeesha :)

Umm Mymoonah said...

@ Schmetterling, nee India varumpothu kandipa seithu tharean insha allah :)

Christy Gerald said...

Wow! Yumm,perfectly done and wonderfully presented Dear.

Christy Gerald said...

Real yumm and done well and presented 2.

divya said...

Slurp,mouthwatering here.

Amina Creations said...

Paal paniyaram looks simply awesome... nice presentation..

Amy said...

This looks like a very delicious dish!

Manju said...

first time I am seeing this...great...thanks for sharing dear...

Ganga Sreekanth said...

mouthwatering preparation.........

Katerina said...

This is a perfect way to start yoour day! I love these little balls!

Aarthi said...

awesome i love this...

Kaveri Venkatesh said...

Great pics Ayeesha...mouth watering paal paniyaarams

cookbookjaleela said...

Paal paniyaram looks very tempting ayesha

Unknown said...

Delicious...this is my fav chettinad special...yummy and cool clicks

Sushma Mallya said...

Lovely clicks...this looks so invitinag and yummy!

Suja Manoj said...

Mouthwatering..beautiful pictures..yum

Rachana said...

Wow!!! Awesome presentation and clicks. A great recipe !

Pushpa said...

Delicious and tempting paniyarams Ayeesha.

Indu said...

Looks cute :)

Lifewithspices said...

too good presentation..so so yumm

That Girl said...

I hope we get to see the fudge cake sometime too!

Vardhini said...

Awesome presenation and clicks .. the paniyaram looks so inviting.

Vardhini
Event: Sinful Delights
Event: Stuffed Paratha

Lecker and Yummy recipes said...

enakkum venum :( ...very new to me......Ayeesha seira variety ellaam namma saapida life isn't enough Aysha !! Bhaiyya is lucky :)

Priya Suresh said...

Love this cute paniyaram, my mom used to make them quite often,i did the same too for a guest post,few months back..

Unknown said...

They look very yummy. Love it absolutely.

Rajee Mani said...

Awesome paal paniyarams. Love the presentation.

anthony stemke said...

Beautiful and nice photos.
Thanks.

Zoe said...

This dessert is gorgeous! I love the way you presented this beautiful dessert.

easyfoodsmith said...

Love pics and delicious post. Thanks for stopping by my blog. Hoping to seeing you more often :)

Shoutforfood said...

wow! yummy.

zareena said...

Saw your guest post in Jabeen's corner. Happy to know you more. Loved this post a lot.

Unknown said...

Yum, never heard of these before but they look delicious - love to try new things like this!

VM said...

Something new to me,sounds super yummm

Pranati Nath said...

That really appeals to me.its mouth watering..:)Could you please link it to my on going event Yummy
Dessert 4 New Year using my logo
http://pran-oriya-recipies.blogspot.com/2011/12/eee.html

Jayanthy Kumaran said...

ohh...they looks splendid..;)
Tasty Appetite

Umm Mymoonah said...

Thank you ladies for all your sweet and lovely comments.

Pranati Nath said...

thanks dear for sharing..:)

Kavi said...

they look so good! thanks so much for linking this lip smacking dish to Jingle All The Way. Looks lovely! :)
-
Kavi (Edible Entertainment)

Deeps @ Naughty Curry said...

such beautiful pics! look amazing :)

Pranati Nath said...

Please stop my blog and receive your award for participating in Roundup for Yummy Dessert 4 New Year event.

Rose /Magpie said...

How yum! Have never tasted this. Have to try it sometime :)

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