This is one of the most authentic dessert from the land of KARAIKADI....quite a popular one among the Chettinad household. I tried it for the first time and it came out really well.I cooked it for my cousins who visited us for a coffee. They were suprised to see the sweet paniyaram being served in coconut milk. This is a perfect dessert when you wanna suprise your guests with something different and innovative.
Ingredients
1 1/2 cup Parboiled rice (Poozhungal arisi)
1/2 cup Raw rice (Pacha arisi)
1/4 cup Urad dhal
1 tsp fenugreek
1tsp salt
1 cup jaggery
1 tsp powdered cardamons
1/2 cup water
Oil
For the milk:
2 cups coconut milk (first extract - thick one)
1 cup coconut milk (second extract - thin one)
Method
Soak both the rice in water for 3hrs .
Soak the urad dhal and fenugreek in a separate vessel for 3hrs.
Grind them all together into a fine thick paste. Add salt and leave them to ferment overnight.
Next day morning, add a pinch of baking soda and keep aside.
Bring the water to boil in a cooking pan and add jaggery and cardamon powder. Allow them to dissolve completely.Cook till they become a thick liquid. Remove from flame.
Mix them with the above paste. They should assume a rice-batter like consistency.
Heat the koozhipaniyaram pan. I used the conventional pan made of iron. Add about 2-3 tsp of oil in each mould.
If using a non-stick one, add just a tsp of oil.
Spoon the batter into the moulds. When they start to brown, flip over the side and check whether the middle part is cooked. Use a chopstick to handle this. Otherwise a small spoon will do. Remove when done. Keep aside.
Transfer the paniyarams to the bowl containing thin coconut milk. Allow them to sit in it for 10-15 min.
Keep the thick coconut milk aside.
Remove the soaked paniyarams. Transfer it to a fresh bowl and pour in the thick coconut milk and serve.
Check out the Karam paniyaram (spicy one) recipe too!
I've not had this soaked in coconut milk before but I can imagine how it must be heavenly like aapam & coconut milk combination :)
oye,,, The pics are too good and am already drooling!! Do call me the next time u cook something! I ll be more than ready to join u VIJI,,,,lol
@Laavanya
Yup it taste the same way and its something diff from the usual ones.
@Rums
Hey ramya babe!!.. ...thanks for the comments...jus pop in anytime... I do need ppl to chop veg for me :-)he he he
lolz
hi vij! thanks for dropping by my blog - I am new to the blogging world myself. you've a nice blog going here - for no apparant reason I started checking out your desserts label - kuzhi paniyaram soaked in coconut milk really sounds yummy and rather different!