Kuzhi Paniyaram

Wash the rice, urad dal, and fenugreek separately.

Soak these ingredients separately for 3 hours.

After 3 hours, refrigerate for another 3 hours. (If not refrigerated, it will heat up while grinding on the mixer jar. If you are grinding on a grinder you need not refrigerate it).

Drain out the water from the rice and fenugreek.

Then drain the water from the urad dal, and save the water from the urad dal for grinding.

Before grinding, add the flattened rice to a bowl and add 1/2 cup of water.

Soak this for 5 minutes.

To a mixer jar, first add urad dal.

First, grind it without adding water.

Then add little by little water (drained water from the urad dal).

Grind this till it becomes thick, soft buttery texture.

Transfer this to a mixing bowl.

Then grind the rice in one or two batches by adding little by little water (water drained from the urad dal, need about 1 1/2 cup of water).

Grind it to a smooth paste, yet slightly grainy.

Transfer this to the same mixing bowl that we have added the urad dal paste.

Then grind the soaked fenugreek seeds and soaked flattened rice.

Grind to a smooth paste.

Transfer this to the same mixing bowl. Then add salt.

Mix well and combine with your hands. Batter should occupy half of the bowl otherwise it will overflow while fermentation.

Close the lid. Do not close it tightly.

Allow to ferment. Depending on the climate it will take 8 - 9 hours.

After fermentation. Open the lid. Mix it gently. Set aside.

For tempering, heat a pan, add 1 tbs oil. When it becomes hot add mustard seeds. Wait for it to pop up.

Add chopped ginger and green chilli. Saute it for 1 minute.

Then add chopped onion. Saute it till it turns transparent.

To this, add curry leaves. Mix it.

Turn off the flame. Add asafoetida powder. Mix it.

Let it cool down completely.

Take 2 cups of batter.Add this cooled tempering to the batter. Mix it. The batter should be thick. Not too thick or runny.

Heat a Paniyaram pan Or unniyappam pan.

Add 1/2 tsp oil to each mould.

Then pour the batter to each mould till 3/4 th of the mould because it will raise.

Cook until golden. When one side is done flip it. Cook other side till golden.

Remove from the heat.

Tasty kuzhi Paniyaram is ready.