South Indian
Kuzhi Paniyaram (Savoury Dumplings from Leftover Batter)
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Kuzhi Paniyaram (Savoury Dumplings from Leftover Batter) is South Indian home cooking, eaten at breakfast and dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Use batter that is a couple of days old and slightly sour, and a little thicker than you would pour for dosa. Using up that batter is exactly what paniyaram is for.
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Heat 1 tbsp of the oil in a small pan and add the mustard seeds. When they pop, add the urad dal, curry leaves, finely chopped onion, green chilies and ginger and cook 3 minutes until the onion softens.
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Stir this tempering into the batter with the grated carrot, cilantro and salt.
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Heat the paniyaram pan on medium heat, put a few drops of oil in each hollow and fill each one about three quarters full with batter.
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Cover and cook 2 to 3 minutes until the tops look set and the bottoms are golden, then turn each one over with a skewer or the handle of a spoon, add another drop of oil and cook 2 minutes more.
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Lift them out crisp outside and soft inside and eat them hot with coconut or tomato chutney. Repeat with the rest of the batter.
Serve it with
A South Indian dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Kuzhi Paniyaram (Savoury Dumplings from Leftover Batter), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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What it is eaten with
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The sharp little thing
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Something cool and fresh
A course labelled with another kitchen's name comes from a cuisine in the same family, which is where this plate usually borrows it from.
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand. Kuzhi Paniyaram (Savoury Dumplings from Leftover Batter) carries none of them. That is a checked answer rather than an ingredient list nobody read.
| Allergen | In this dish |
|---|---|
| Peanuts | No |
| Tree nuts | No |
| Dairy | No |
| Gluten | No |
| Shellfish | No |
| Eggs | No |
| Soy | No |
| Fish | No |
| Sesame | No |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 370 kcal
- Protein
- 8 g
- Carbs
- 61 g
- Fat
- 11 g
- Fiber
- 4 g
- Sugar
- 3 g
- Sodium
- 570 mg
- Saturated fat
- 2 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Kuzhi Paniyaram (Savoury Dumplings from Leftover Batter) takes about 25 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at breakfast and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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