Gunta Punugulu or Paniyaram

 Paniyaram or Gunta punugulu are same and name of one single dish. It is an interesting quicky dish made of left over dosa batter. It is popularly known as Paniyaram in Tamil Nadu and Paniyaram is a popular snack dish from the Chettinad cuisine whereas in Andhra it is called as Gunta Punugulu. Paniyaram can either be a savory or sweet snack. 

Paniyaram/ Gunta Punugulu is a south Indian recipe and normally served during breakfast or evening snack time. You can make it more nutritious by adding carrots, tomatoes, chopped spinach, spring onion or cabbage. 

Preparation Time: 5 minutes (If we have Idli/Dosa Batter)

Cook Time: 20 minutes

Ingredients:

2 cups of Dosa batter

 

1 Small chopped onion

2 teaspoons of chopped coriander

1/2 teaspoon of Cumin seeds

1/2 teaspoon of grated ginger

1 teaspoon of chana dal

2 curry leaves finely chopped

salt as needed

Oil as needed

Steps to Prepare:

• In a bowl, add batter and all the ingredients. Mix well
• Now batter is ready to use.
• In a Paniyaram maker, put little oil in each section 
• Add a spoon of batter into each section. Close the lid. allow it to cook on medium flame.
• After 5 minutes, slowly turn the Punugulu onto another side and allow it to cook for few more minutes.
• Repeat the above steps to make another batch          

• Gunta Punugulu or Paniyaram is ready for serving.
• Serve hot with your Favorite chutney or Podi.

                                                      

                            

Variations:

we can add grated carrot or capsicum.

 

 

Rava Upma

 Preparation Time: 5 minutes

 Cook Time: 30 minutes

 Ingredients:

 1 cup of roasted Sooji

 Tempering: 

 3 curry leaves, Jeera, mustard seeds, 1 teaspoon of chana dal, 1 teaspoon of urad dal, 1 teaspoon of   peanuts, 2 teaspoon of cashew nuts.

 3 green chilies

 1 cup of diced onion

 3 teaspoons of oil or Ghee

 1 teaspoon of grated ginger

 2 teaspoons of chopped coriander

 Salt as needed

 2 1/2 cups of water

 Steps to prepare:

•  In a pan, put oil and all the ingredients mentioned under Tempering section.
•  Add grated ginger and green chilies
•  Add diced onion and allow onion to fry for few minutes.
•  Add Roasted Sooji and fry for few minutes
•  Add water
•  Salt as needed. Add chopped coriander leaves
•  Serve hot with chutney of your choice. Here I am serving upma with tomato chutney.

                                                                       

             Variations:

 

             Add your choice of vegetables to make it as vegetable upma.

                         

Pesarattu (Moong Dal Dosa)

 Preparation Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 25 minutes

Ingredients:

2 cups green moong dal

1/4 cup yellow moong dal

Ginger slice

2 green chilies

1 cup of finely sliced onions

1/2 cup oil

salt as needed

Steps to prepare:

• In a blender finely grind green moon dal/Yellow moong dal along with ginger and green chilies. Add salt. Transfer it to a container and keep it on side.
• Fry the sliced onion in half spoon of oil and keep it on the side.
• Start the Dosa griddle and evenly spread the Dosa batter on the Dosa griddle.
• Put some fried onions on the Dosa and allow Dosa to turn little brown.
• Gently turn the Dosa to other side.
• Wrap the Dosa and serve hot with ginger chutney/upma/peanut chutney
  
  

Variation:

For extra sweetness, along with onion we can also keep grated carrots

we can add finely chopped coriander leaves.