Vegetable paniyaram

Vegetable Paniyaram is a very easy, quick, and tasty breakfast recipe from South India. It can also be enjoyed as a filling snack or packed in the lunch box for office or school snacking.

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Last year when I went to India, my mother gifted me a very useful item for my kitchen – a Paniyaram maker.

My mother, who is a retired teacher understands that it’s not easy to manage the kitchen with office every day. However, she always encouraged us to eat home-cooked food for maintaining a healthy life.

The reason for gifting me a Paniyaram maker was also the same. She herself has used it a lot in her kitchen so knows how useful it is to make a quick and healthy breakfast every morning.

For us, my mother is a treasure of, delicious, easy to make recipes and tons of tips not only for cooking but everything in life. Just talking to her for a few minutes, makes life easier.

What is Paniyaram

Paniyaram is a very tasty and easy to make South Indian dish that is generally eaten in breakfast but can also be enjoyed as a healthy and filling snack.

It is also known as appe, guliyappa, and a lot of other names.

Variation suggestions

There are different variations of Paniyaram and it’s generally prepared with soaked and ground lentils and rice, or semolina. You can also make it using a leftover batter of idli or dosa.

In this recipe, I have added chopped vegetables to semolina batter but you can get all creative and make different versions. Like my sweet paniyaram version dates and coconut paniyaram recipe.  Some more variation suggestions are given below:

1. Add puree of vegetables like spinach, pumpkin, tomato, etc
2. Corn and spinach paniyaram
3. Tomato and cheese paniyaram
4. Chocolate and berries paniyaram
5. Fruits and nuts paniyaram

Today, I am sharing the recipe for simple vegetable Paniyaram made with semolina. 

Ingredients required and substitute suggestions

To make vegetable paniyaram, you need the following ingredients:

1. Semolina
2. Chopped vegetables: Use vegetables that don’t need a lot of cooking time like cabbage, carrot, bell pepper, spinach, etc.
3. Fresh coriander leaves: Use any fresh herb of your choice.
4. Yogurt: Plant-based/ dairy
5. Water
6. Ground black pepper: You can use more spices to season the batter.
7.  Cooking oil: Use any neutral-flavored oil
8. Green chili peppers
9. Curry leaves: Fresh/dried
10. Grated ginger
11. Baking soda: Fruit salt can be used too.

How to serve vegetable paniyaram

Enjoy vegetable paniyaram with your favorite dipping sauce or a cup of tea or any other favorite beverage of yours. Some of the dips that I love to serve with Paniyaram are:

1. Coconut chutney
2. Peanut chutney
3. Mango chutney
4. Tomato chutney

You can also serve it with tomato ketchup.

Where to buy Paniyaram maker from

You will find a Paniyaram maker in most of the Indian stores which keep utensils. It’s also available online in almost every major online store. Just make sure that it’s nonstick and has a lid too.

If interested, you can check amazon for paniyaram maker here.

A paniyaram pan can also be used to make a healthy version of many other dishes which are generally deep fried like malpua, pakore, bati, vada for dahi vada etc. 

More easy breakfast recipes

Struggling to decide what to cook every morning? The following recipes might be helpful for you:

1. Savoury muffins with tomato, corn, and caramelized onions
2. Bread poha
3. Besan chilla
4. Vegan chocolate chip banana bread
5. Vegan oatmeal cookies

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