Rice appe or paniyaram - perfect healthy breakfast or snack

Appe is a typical South Indian breakfast recipe which also goes by the name of paddu, guliappa, gulittu, yeriyappa, gundponglu, ponganalu in different parts of South India.

I first tasted it after coming to Bangalore while sharing lunch with one of my colleagues, and instantly fell in love with it.

So, I had to learn the recipe and prepare it myself and to my surprise, my experiment was successful 😊😊, my whole family loved it; especially Baby S, she was so excited when she saw me preparing this, she was already aware of this dish, thanks to her school, this was one of the most popular breakfasts that were served in her school. Apparently, Daddy S also had tasted it in his office and liked it…wow!!!

 

Appes are shallow fried dumplings prepared in a special appe pan or mold which typically has 7, 9, or 12 shell-shaped grooves.

These are perfect healthy breakfast or snack choices with minimal usage of oil and also perfect for go-to breakfast during morning’s rush hours. Typically, it's prepared with leftover idli or dosa batter. You can add veggies of your choice like capsicum, peas, beans, carrots, etc. to pack more nutrition into it or hide the vegetables in it for your picky eaters 😊😊; it tastes great when served hot with a choice of chutney or even sambar. You can also pack it for lunch box.

Here comes the recipe for a quick and healthy breakfast;

Ingredients:

• 1 cup idli rice
• ¼th cup urad dal
• 5-6 curry leaves
• 1 tsp cumin seeds
• 1 green chili (finely chopped)
• 1 tsp mustard seeds
• ¼th tsp asafoetida or hing
• 2 tbsp finely chopped onions
• ½ cup finely chopped vegetables of your choice
• Oil for greasing the appe pan
• Salt as per taste

Method:

• Wash and clean rice and urad dal, soak them separately in water for 5 hours.
• After 5 hours, drain excess water and grind them together in a grinder jar to a fine paste, use water as required to make a thick-consistency batter
• Allow the batter to ferment overnight or for at least 8 hours
• Heat a kadhai or tadka pan and put 1 tbsp oil. Add mustard seeds, cumin seeds, hing, green chilies, and curry leaves. Fry for a couple of mins
• Pour this tadka on the batter, add salt and mix well
• Appe Batter is now ready, consistency should be like a spoon drop
• Heat the non-stick appe Pan.
• Grease the molds with some oil.
• Pour a spoonful of batter in each mold, cover, and cook on medium heat
• Once the appes are cooked from the bottom, flip over and cook from the other side

Your quick go-to morning breakfast is ready to serve with chutney, sambhar, or sauce.

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