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Friday, April 02, 2010

Vellai Paniyaram and Cabbage paratha - Some left over delicacies

Left Over Delicacy 1 -  Velai/white Paniyaram
I had some left over batter from the Vellai Appam that I made last week.  The next day I made some paniyarams out of it.It turned out very delicious, and my little one liked them more than the Appams. Next time I will make the batter specially to make these Paniyarams.


Ingredients:

Left over Appam Batter
Some chopped onions.
Mustard , urad dhal, channa dhal , curry leaves for seasoning

Method:
Take a  tblsp of oil in a pan.Add all the seasoning ingredients.Wait till the mustard splutturs and the dhal turns golden brown, add the chopped onions and fry till translucent.
Mix this with the batter and mix well.

Heat a Paniyaram kadai to a medium heat. Drop 1/2 tsp of oil in each mould and add a tblsp of batter in each of them.Close it with a lid and cook for few  minutes.
turn them over and cook for another couple of minutes.
These can be relished as it is or with any spicy chutney.


Cabbage Paratha:
Left over delicacy - 2

I have already mentioned the size of the cabbage that we get here. Its too much I say. Whenever I buy one , I try to use them up in various ways. On one such occasions I made a big batch of cabbage poriyal. I didnt realise the quantity until I shredded and  I didnt feel like placing them again in the refrigerator. So decided to go ahead and make porial of it.  Initial plan was to use the left over porial to make Oothapams for dinner. But at the last minute changed my plan and decided to add them to the chapati dough and try some cabbage paratha's.  These last minute plans always works well for me. It turned out really good. Hence I got another filling recipe and also found a great way to use up the really big cabbage.

Here is the recipe for Cabbage poriyal.

Method:
Add the left over poriayal and required salt (very little) to the wheat flour and mix well with your fingers to form crumb like texture.Then add water little by little to form a stiff dough.Roll out into discs and cook on a hot tawa with some oil. Flip the sides and cook till brown spots appear on both the sides

Sending these to the 'COL -Left Over Delicacies' event  at 'Spicy Lounge'

18 comments:

  1. Both the dishes are looking good dear.

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  2. lovely tempting and inviting dishes.

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  3. Looks so so good, i should buy this pan once.

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  4. Sumi, is this the vellai appam that people make near Maduri area? Cabbage paratha is a great idea to get veggies into kids.

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  5. Tempting and awesome dishes

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  6. Wow!!! both sounds awesome..yummy yumm!!!

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  7. Great way to use up leftovers. And yes, you could send non-veg entries for the global kadai event.

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  8. Fantastic dishes with left overs..truly yumm!!

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  9. Yummy! Good way to use up leftovers!!
    Thanks for visiting my blog.

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  10. A clever way to use the left overs.
    Pari
    http://cooking-goodfood.blogspot.com

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  11. Cabbage paratha sounds new and tastee to me.:)

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  12. Love Panneyaram, cabbage paratha is a unique idea !!

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  13. Hi! Please accept the award from my blog..

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  14. nice recipes from 2 different leftovers...

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  15. Both the dishes look good! tempting and inviting dishes.

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  16. Paniyaram is so inviting!!!!Nice Idea of turning leftover Food to yummy, tasty food:)

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  17. Never tried vellai paniyaram with leftover aapam batter,that a cool idea,will sure try next time! and cabbage paratha also sounds good!

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  18. First thanks for stamping comments on my blog....i love ur recipes too.I will try ur vellai paniyaram..it makes me hungry.

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