Vegetable Paniyaram Recipe Quick And Easy Indian Breakfast Recipe

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: 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:

How to serve?

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: 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.