Paddu

Kuzhi paniyaram

Ponganalu with Coconut chutney and Hyacinth Bean Palya
Alternative names	Paddu, Ponganalu, Kuzhi paniyaram, appe
Course	Tiffin
Place of origin	India
Region or state	Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, and Maharashtra
Main ingredients	rice and black lentils batter

Paddu is an Indian dish made by steaming batter using a mould. It is named variously kuzhi paniyaram (Tamil: குழி பணியாரம்), paniyaram (Malayalam: പണിയാരം), paddu, guliyappa, yeriyappa, gundponglu (Kannada: ಪಡ್ಡು, ಗುಳಿಯಪ್ಪ, ಎರಿಯಪ್ಪ), gunta ponganalu (Telugu: గుంట పొంగణాలు), or Tulu: appadadde, appe (Marathi: आप्पे) . The batter is made of black lentils and rice and is similar in composition to the batter used to make idli and dosa. The dish can also be made spicy or sweet with chillies or jaggery respectively. Paniyaram is made on a special pan that comes with multiple small indentations.

Gallery

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  Kuzhi paniyaram
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  Kuzhi paniyaram making
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  Kuzhi paniyaram

See also

• Æbleskiver, a Danish sweet dish
• Mont lin maya, a Burmese dish
• Khanom khrok, a Thai dish
• Pinyaram, an Indonesian dish
• Poffertjes, a Dutch sweet dish
• Takoyaki, a Japanese dish

External links

• Video of the making of kuzhi paniyaram – Wikimedia Commons