Chettinad Special Kara Kuzhi Paniyaram recipe | Sujan Fun Kitchen

"Kuzhi paniyaram (Tamil:குழி பணியாரம்) or Paddu (Kannadaಪಡ್ಡು) or Gunta Ponganalu (Teluguగుంట పొంగణాలు) or is an Indian dish made by steaming batter using a mould. The batter is made of black lentils and rice and is similar in composition to the batter used to make idli and dosa.”

My cousin requested that I make low carbohydrates or zero carbohydrates - I am still researching for such recipes. But, what I can do is to share recipes which are relatively less oily - in fact you can make these Kuzhi Paniaram even oil-free if one has a non-stick Paniaram Mould. So here’s one more of my recipe, from my kitchen.
Kuzhi Paniaram

Ingredients:

Idli/dosa batter - 3 cups
Onions - 2 medium
Green chilles - 2
Oil - as required
Mustard seeds - ½ tsp
Cumin seeds/jeera - ½ tsp
Turmeric powder - as required (optional)
Bengal gram dal - ½ tsp
Salt to taste
Coriander leaves to garnish
Method:

Chop the onions, green chillies and coriander leaves finely
In a pan, heat oil and splutter mustard seeds and cumin seeds/jeera
Now, add the bengal gram dhal and fry till golden
It’s time to add the finely chopped onions and green chillies
Stir-fry everything till the onions are just translucent
Now add everything to the idli/dosa batter
Add turmeric powder and salt as required
Briskly mix everything together adding some water to adjust consistency - it should not be very thick
Heat a Appam/paniaram mould and add few tsps of oil in each slot
Add few tbsps of the Paniaram batter in each slot and cook over simmer flame - close the Paniaram mould so that it cooks from within
After few minutes, flip the Paniarams and cook adding few more tsps of oil
Serve hot with sambhar or chutney