Elevate Your Breakfast Game with Multi-Grain Kuzhipaniyaram: A Wholesome and Tasty Delight!!

 Multi-Grain Kuzhipaniyaram is a delightful South Indian dish made from a mixture of grains, typically rice and urad dal batter. It's often seasoned with mustard seeds, curry leaves, and served with coconut chutney or sambar. The inclusion of multiple grains enhances its nutritional profile, making it a tasty and wholesome snack or breakfast option. Enjoy!

Ingredients Required 

🔸️Idly Rice 1 cup

🔸️(Black Rice) Raw Rice ¼ cup

🔸️Tuvar Dal ¼ cup

🔸️Moong Dal ¼ cup

🔸️Bengal Gram Dal ¼ cup

🔸️Horse Gram ¼ cup

🔸️White Karamani ¼ cup

🔸️Black Chenna ¼ cup

🔸️Urad dal 1 tbsp 

🔸️Fenugreek Seeds ½ tsp

✒️ Clean & Soak Together for 2 hours.

✒️ Before grinding, add the following

2 green chillies, 1 tbsp grated ginger, Required Salt, 2 tsp turmeric powder & 2 tsp asafoetida, in a mixie jar then grind it.

✒️ Now add all soaked rice & dal mix; grind to fine paste. 

✒️ Ferment for 4 to hours.

✒️ Make dosas, oothappams, Kuzhipaniyarams of your choice.

✒️ Serve with any of the following Chutney.

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For Full Video Recipe in Tamil,

click the link :- Multi-Grain Kuzhipaniyaram Recipe Video

Eggless Apple-Carrot-Oats Pancake

Pancakes are made with limited ingredients in less time. Regular Pancakes are made using eggs, maida/all purpose free. Here, is tried it using Oats, a gluten-free food. To add sweetness, instead of regular sugar, i added Apples & Carrots. Along with Oats, we can even prepare Beetroot Pancake using Beetroot, Banana Pancakes using Banana etc.

APPLE - CARROT - OATS PANCAKES

INGREDIENTS:-

Peeled Apple - 1/4th
Peeled Carrot - 1/4th
Lukewarm Milk - 1/2 cup
Salt to taste
Powdered Oats - 1/2 cup
Oil /Ghee - for making pancakes

METHOD:-

In a mixer jar, add 1/4th apple, 1/4th carrot and make a fine paste using milk. Now pour this mixture to the powdered oats and add required salt. The batter is ready to make pancakes.

Heat a tawa or non-stick pan and smear a 1/2 tsp of oil/ghee. Pour a small ladle full of the batter on to the tawa and spread gently. Cover with lid and cook in medium flame, till it cooks well.

Flip it and cover & cook the other side in low flame, till you see some golden spots on the pancakes.

Pancakes can be eaten as it is or it can be served with smearing 1/2 tsp of honey over it.

TOMATO BIRYANI using Coconut milk

This dish can be prepared quickly with minimal ingredients. It tastes awesome and has unique flavour due to the addition of coconut milk. Instead of coconut milk regular milk can also be used.

INGREDIENTS:
Jeeraga samba rice - 1 cup
Coconut milk - 1 cup
Tomato - 2
Onion - 2
Crushed ginger garlic - 1 tsp
Red chilly powder - 1 tsp
Garam masala powder - 1 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
Small onions - 5 (optional)
Bay leaf - 1
Cinnamon - 2
Cloves - 2
Fennel seeds - 1 tsp
Oil - 1 tbs
Ghee - 1 tbs
Curry leaves - a little
Coriander leaves - a little
Salt

METHOD:
1. Soak rice for 20 minutes and wash well and drain the water and keep aside.
2. Chop the onions and tomato.
3. In a pressure cooker, add oil and ghee and add cinnamon, cloves, fennel, bay leaf and saute till nice aroma comes out.
4. Add curry leaves and chopped onions and stir well for few minutes.

5. Add crushed ginger garlic, mix well and add chopped tomatoes.
6. Cook until the tomato turns juicy.

7. Add all the powders and mix well.
8. Add 1 cup coconut milk and 3/4 cup of water and allow to boil.

9. Add soaked rice, required salt and coriander leaves and close the lid and cook for 2 whistles on high flame and simmer for 3 minutes and switch off the stove.

10. After the pressure is reduced, open the lid and  give a gentle stir.
11. Tasty and appetizing Tomato Biryani is ready to be served.

Note:

• Basmathi rice can also be used.