Paniyaram & Best Ever Sambhar for breakfast

So readers of this blog now very well know my current obsession is tam food and continuing with that I made Paniyaram and sambhar made with freshly ground spices along with coconut chutney at home the other day. Though I make Paniyaram at home pretty often but this was the first ever time I was going to make sambhar without using sambhar powder and I must say I was pretty pleased with the results. It was one of the best sambhars I have made, infact one of the best sambhars I have ever had

What I used

For the paniyaram

• 2 cups idly batter
• salt to taste
• 2 tsp ginger green chili paste
• 1 medium onion chopped
• curry leaves a handful
• coriander leaves 1 tbsp chopped

For the Sambhar

• Toor dal – 3/4 cup
• Onion – 1 large chopped
• Tomato – 2 medium sized chopped
• Mix vegies – 1 cup (I used 1 carrot, 1 potato, 1 small brinjal and some beans)
• Tamarind – lemon sized ball
• green chillies – 2 slit lengthwise
• salt to taste
• mustard seeds – 1 tsp
• curry leaves – 6
• coriander leaves a handful for garnishing
• oil  – 1 tsp
• to be roasted and grinded in a powder
• coconut – 2 tbsp
• coriander seeds – 1 tbsp
• dry red chillies – 3
• methi seeds – 1 tsp

How I made it

The sambhar

• Boil all the veggies and toor dal along with water, salt and turmeric in a pressure cooker
• Soak the tamarind in warm water and leave for 10 minutes, extract the pulp
• Heat oil in a small pan and add mustard seeds to it when they splutter add curry leaves and fry for 1 minute
• Add the tadka to the sambhar along with the tamarind pulp and boil for 5 minutes or so till the tamarind is cooked and the raw smell goes away.
• At this stage add the roasted ground masala to it and boil for another 2-3 minutes
• Garnish with coriander leaves and the best ever sambhar is ready

The paniyaram

• Mix all the paniyaram ingredients together and keep
• Heat the paniyaram pan and put a spoonful of batter in each, add a drop of oil to it and let it cook for about 2 minutes till its browned. Some of u had asked me how to use a paniyaram pan when I mentioned that I do my koftas etc frying in it instead of deep frying… so here is how it looks like and how u use it

• Turn it carefully and let the other side cook too

Dunk in sambar and enjoy

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