Paniyaram ( ml, പനിയാരം) is an
Indian
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* South Asia ...
dish made by steaming batter using a mould. It is named variously paddu, guliyappa, yeriyappa, gundponglu ( kn, ಪಡ್ಡು, ಗುಳಿಯಪ್ಪ, ಎರಿಯಪ್ಪ), kuzhi paniyaram ( ta, குழிப்பணியாரம்),
ponganalu
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, gunta ( te, పొంగనాలు, గుంట), or
Tulu
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India
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: appadadde, appe ( mr, आप्पे) . The batter is made of
black lentils and
rice
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and is similar in composition to the batter used to make
idli
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and
dosa
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.
The dish can also be made spicy or sweet with
chillies
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or
jaggery
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respectively. Paniyaram is made on a special pan that comes with multiple small indentations.
Gallery
File:Kuzhi paniyaram.jpg, Kuzhi paniyaram
File:Kuzhi Paniyaram 01.jpg, Kuzhi paniyaram making
File:Karandi Appam or Kuzhi Appam.jpg, Kuzhi paniyaram/Kuzhi Appam
File:Kuzhi paniyaram on pan.jpg, Kuzhi paniyaram being prepared
File:Puddus at Tindi Beedi, Bangalooru.JPG, Paddus/Kuzhi Appam
File:Paniyaram.jpg, Prepared Kuzhi Paniyaram
See also
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Æbleskiver
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, a Danish sweet dish
*
Mont lin maya
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, a Burmese dish
*
Khanom khrok
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, a Thai dish
*
Pinyaram
Pinyaram, panyaram, or penyaram ( Jawi: ڤيڽرام) is traditional ''kue'' of Minangkabau in West Sumatra, Indonesia. This dish served during certain occasion, such as wedding parties, Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr. Today, pinyaram can be used as t ...
, an Indonesian dish
*
Poffertjes
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, a Dutch sweet dish
*
Takoyaki
is a ball-shaped Japanese snack made of a wheat flour-based batter and cooked in a special molded pan. It is typically filled with minced or diced octopus
An octopus ( : octopuses or octopodes, see below for variants) is a soft-bod ...
, a Japanese dish
References
External links
Video of the making of kuzhi paniyaram – Wikimedia Commons
{{Rice dishes
Indian rice dishes
Fermented foods
Tamil cuisine
Kerala cuisine