PADDU | PANIYARAM | GUNDPONGALU

Paddu is a very tasty dish made from dosa batter, actually from left over dosa batter! After enjoying dosa in the morning or previous day you can use the left over dosa batter to make paddus.

They are a bite sized, cup shaped food enjoyed as a evening snack with a cup of hot coffee / tea or can also be made for breakfast. This food reminds me of my childhood days where my mom used to pack paddus for my snack box :)

Paddu is also known as paniyaram and gundpongalu. This is actually originated from Tamilnadu where used to be made for eating on long distance trips without the use of refrigerator.

Try this paddus along with tomato-onion chutney or coconut chutney.

Paddu recipe

Serves : 18-20 paddus

Requirement : A special paddu pan with 7 or 9 cavities.

Paddu pan 

Ingredients ( 1 cup-250 ml) 

Dosa batter - 2 cups
Onion - 2 medium sized, finely chopped
Green chillies - 3 finely chopped
Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
Asafoetida - 1/4 tsp
Salt to taste

Method

1. In a bowl add dosa batter, chopped onion, chillies, cumin seeds, asafoetida & salt and mix well and keep aside
2. Heat the paddu pan in low to medium flame, add a drop of oil in each cavity of pan
3. using a small laddle pour in the batter into each cavity
4. apply few drops of oil on each paddu, close the lid, and cook for 2-3 mins
5. you will notice the top of the paddu is not cooked well, now turn the paddu with the help of small spoon and cook for 1-2 mins and your paddus are ready
6. Follow the same procedure for remaining batter.

Serve hot with tomato-onion chutney or coconut chutney



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