Ghee Paniyaram / Ghee Appam / நெய் அப்பம் / நெய் பணியாரம்

It’s another yummy dessert or snack. This is a deep fried sweet made with rice, Jaggery and coconut. Grated coconut is an important ingredient to get soft paniyaram. You can grind along the rice too. Cooking soda helps in cooking the inside of paniyarams and also helps in cooking. 

Ingredients 

Raw Rice - 1 Cup
Jaggery - 1 Cup 
Cardamom Powder - 1 tsp 
Grated Coconut - 4 tbsp 
Cooking Soda - 3 pinches 
Salt - 1/8 tsp 
Ghee as needed 

Method 

Soak rice for 3 hours. Grind it as ÿ paste using little water. Add it to the rice batter and the

Melt the Jaggery with very little water and strain to remove any impurities. Add it to the rice batter and mix it well.

Add salt, cardamom Powder, grated coconut, cooking soda and mix well. 

Heat a paniyaram pan, add ghee to each partition and pour the mixed batter to fill each one. 

Cook covered for 1 to 2 minutes in low flame. Turn with the paniyaram skewer and more ghee.

Then cook for another 1 or 2 minutes in medium flame until golden brown and inside of the paniyaram gets cooked well. 

Transfer the paniyaram into serving plate and serve hot.