How to Vegan at dinner Chettinad Vellai Paniyaram with Spicy Chilli Garlic chutney and Red Rice Puttu

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Chettinad Vellai Paniyaram with Spicy Chilli Garlic chutney and Red Rice Puttu. Vellai paniyaram recipe a popular chettinad special dish we make for Diwali. It is served with a special milagai chutney which tastes so yum will try and post soon. Vella paniyaram recipe with stepwise pictures and video.

Add cooking soda & enough water to make a semi thick pouring consistency.

Heat oil in a kadai while hot pour a ladle of batter in the middle.

Spoon the hot oil over the paniyaram until it floats on top.

You can have Chettinad Vellai Paniyaram with Spicy Chilli Garlic chutney and Red Rice Puttu using 24 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Chettinad Vellai Paniyaram with Spicy Chilli Garlic chutney and Red Rice Puttu

Prepare of For Chettinad Vellai Paniyaram:.
Prepare of Raw rice-.
It’s of Urad dal-.
Prepare of Coconut milk-.
You need of Salt-.
It’s of Oil-to shallow fry Paniyaram.
It’s of For Spicy Chilli Garlic Chutney:.
You need of Dried Red Chillies.
You need of Shallots-.
You need of Garlic-.
Prepare of Tamarind- small amount.
It’s of Rock salt-.
Prepare of For Seasoning:.
You need of Mustard-.
Prepare of Urad dal-.
Prepare of Curry leaves-a spring.
You need of Sesame oil-to saute.
It’s of For Red Rice Puttu:.
You need of Red Rice-.
Prepare of Grated Coconut -.
It’s of Palm sugar-.
You need of Cardamom powder-.
You need of Cashew-.
It’s of Ghee-.

Chettinad style dangar chutney / daangar chutney.

Traditionally served along with vellai paniyaram during festivals and special occasions.

This is a very traditional Onion and Garlic chutney prepared in chettinad and referred to as Dangar.

Its also called as korada chutney in some areas.

Chettinad Vellai Paniyaram with Spicy Chilli Garlic chutney and Red Rice Puttu instructions

Soak rice and urad dal in water for at least 2 hrs and grind them together in a wet grinder or even use a mixer grinder until smooth like idli-dosa batter.Add salt to taste to the batter,mix well and set aside them for 10 minutes..
Heat oil in a pan to shallow fry at high temperature.Meanwhile add required cocnut milk to the paniyaram batter,mix well and make the consistency of the paniyaram batter to be thin and lose than the dosa batter..
Take the paniyaram batter in a slightly flat ladle,pour it in the center of oil and immediately reduce pan heat from highest to lowest.Wait until flower like pattern forms on the side of paniyaram and paniyaram starts to float on the oil.carefully flip the paniyaram to the other side and cook for few minutes.Drain paniyaram from oil and palce it on the plate.
Again increase the pan heat to highest temperature and repeat the steps and it goes very well with spicy chilli garlic chutney..
For spicy chilli garlic chutney :Grind coarsely dried red chilies with tamarind and salt.And then add shallots,garlic with them,grind together into a fine paste.Heat the sesame oil in highest temperature spluttered with mustard,urad dal and curry leaves and add the seasoning items in to chutney..
For red rice puttu:Wash the red rice and soak it for 1/2 hr.Drain the excess water.Spread the rice in a clean cloth and dry it under the sunlight for 2 hours.Dry roast the flour in a heavy bottomed kadai till it becomes very dry.Store it in a airtight container.It lasts for 2-3 months..
Take 1 cup of red rice flour,add salt and mix.Sprinkle water little by little and mix well until in a crumble texture.Then steam in idly pan for 10 min in medium flame..
Then transfer into a bowl,mix with grated coconut,required sugar,cardamom powder and a tbsp of ghee.Finally garnish with roasted cashew..

This is served in weddings along with Vellai Paniyaram.

If there is one chutney that I can have everyday with idli and dosa, it has to be the kaara chutney / spicy red chutney.

I have shared a different version of the kaara chutney here.

Puttu is a popular South Indian steam cooked dish which can be prepared for breakfast or as an evening snack.

I already posted sweet rice flour puttu and now I am posting spicy version of ragi puttu.