Sweet kuzhipaniyaram / banana kuzhipaniyaram

Dessert

8 servings

Easy

35 min

Send this recipe to a friend Print this page Ask a question to the author Post your photo of this recipe

Kuzhipaniyaram is a traditional south indian snack variety. This can either be made sweet or spicy. Here what I have given is the sweet version! It is known by many names Unniappam (malayalam), Guntha Ponganalu (Telugu).

Ingredients

• Wheat flour – 1/2 cup
• Maida – 1/2 cup
• Rice flour – 1/4 cup
• Ripped Bananas – 3 medium sized
• Cardamom powder – 1/2 tsp
• Dry ginger powder – 3/4 tsp (optional)
• Cashew nuts – 5 to 6 (broken)
• Baking soda – a pinch
• Salt – a pinch
• Jaggery - 3/4 cup
• Water – (to prepare batter)

Preparation

• In a pan, mix jaggery and water and boil till the jaggery melts and filter to remove impurities if any. Keep aside.
  
  In a separate pan, mash the bananas; start adding all the ingredients except jaggery syrup and water.
  
  Pour filtered jaggery syrup over the flour and banana mixture to prepare a batter (the batter should be in semi thick consistency like dosa batter).
  
  Add water if necessary. Heat the kuzhipaniyaram pan; add 1 to 2 tsp oil or ghee into each hole.
• Pour the batter in each hole and allow to cook in the medium flame. Turn on the otherside using a tooth pick or a stick. Allow to cook till both sides turn golden brown colour. Serve hot.
  
  Note:
  
  If you don’t have kuzhipaniyaram pan just deep fry.
  
  Heat oil in a pan, drop spoonfuls of batter in the oil and fry till it gets golden brown and crisp (cook this in medium flame).
  
  Remove from oil and place on a tissue to drain out the excess oil. Serve hot.

Questions

Photos of members who cooked this recipe