I like the paniyaram very much either it's sweet or savoury.In our home,my mom usually made sweet paniyaram.When i was in chennai,we usually went to ganga sweets at evenings.They serve all kind of chat items.There only i first tasted kara paniyaram along with sambhar and vengaya chutney.I liked it first time itself.Recently i was craving for kara paniyaram,so last week i prepared it long with vengaya chutney

For batter

Idly rice - 1 cup

Raw rice - 1 cup

Urad dal - 1/4 cup

Fenugreek seed - 1 tsp

salt

To Temper

Mustard - 1 tsp

Split urad dal - 1 tsp

Channa dal - 1 tbsp

Onion - 2 nos(finely chopped)

Curry leaves - 2 springs.

Coconut - 2 tbsp(grated)

Coriander leaves - few

Procedure

Soak all the ingredients listed under "For batter" except salt for 2-3 hrs.Grind into smooth batter and mix it with salt .Allow to ferment for overnight.

Heat the oil in the kadai,add the mustard once it pop up,add the remaining ingredients listed under " To temper" one by one .Saute it until the onion become translucent.

Add the tempering into the batter and mix it well.Heat the paniyaram pan and drizzle some oil in every hole of paniyaram pan.

Pour the batter into 3/4 of the every hole of paniyaram pan. Once the edges become brown and leave aside flip it and cook on other side.

Once it cooked on both sides,remove it and serve with any of your fauvorite chutneys/vengaya chutney like me or sambar or both. you can serve this as tea time snack.