Sweet Kuzhi Paniyaram

Ingredients:

1 cup Idli rice

1 cup Raw rice

1/4  cup urad dhal

2 tbsp Cooked rice

1/2 tsp Fenugreek seeds

Salt to taste

1/2 tsp Cardamon Powder

1 cup Grated jaggery

5 tbsp Ghee or oil 

Method:

• Wash and soak the rice, urad dhal and fenugreek together for 4-5 hours.
• Then drain the water and grind it together with the cooked rice to a smooth paste.
• Now add salt, mix well and allow to ferment overnight or atleast 12 hours.
• Melt the grated jaggery in 1/4 cup of water and filter the residue. Now add the jaggery mixture with the cardamon powder to the fermented batter.
• Make sure the batter is not too thick or too thin. The consistency should be like dosa batter.
• Now heat the kuzhi paniyaram pan and drizzle few drops of ghee or oil into each whole.
• When it is hot, pour the batter into each hole and fill it to 3/4.
• Let it cook on medium low flame for 2 mins. Now using a tooth pick or paniyaram stick, turn the balls and cook for 2 more minutes till it turns golden brown.
• Serve it hot.