Karamani Paniyaram

Ingredients:

Karamani (Red black eyed pea) - 1 cup
Raw rice - 1/2 cup
Dry red chilly - 4
Garlic - 2
Onion - 1 (fine chop)
Curry Leaves - A sprig
Salt, Water, Oil - As reqd

Method:

• Soak the rice in a bowl.
• In other bowl soak karamani.
• Soak them for min 4 hours.
• Now strain water from rice and add salt.
• Add little water and blend them to fine batter.
• Transfer this to a bowl.
• Don't add excess water, batter should be semi-thick.
• Now to the same blender add chilly, garlic.
• Strain and add karaamani.
• Blend this coarsely without adding water.
• Now add the rice batter to this and blend it.
• It should be of adai batter consistency.
• Now transfer this to a bowl.
• Saute onion and curry leaves in little oil.
• Add that to batter and mix well.
• Now heat paniyaram kadai and add oil in each case.
• Pour a spoon of batter in each case.
• Cook in low flame for few mins.
• Flip and cook both sides.
• Serve hot with kaara kozhambu or spicy chutney.
• Yields 7-8 paniyarams.