Avasara paniyaram

Preparation time : 15 mins

Cook time : 25 mins

Avasara Paniyaram is a traditional and easy to cook snack. If you are short of time but still want to make a good quality snack then Avasara Paniyaram would be the right choice. It is a crispy and yummy snack!!  Both kids and adults would love this snack :-)

Ingredients needed :

Rava / semolina - 1 cup

All purpose flour / maida - 1 cup

Sugar - 1 cup

Grated coconut - 1 cup

Banana - 1( small one )

Water - 1 cup

Cardamom crushed - 3

Salt - a pinch 

Oil for deep frying

Method :

1. In a wide pan dissolve sugar with 1 cup of water .
2. Then add rava, grated coconut, maida / all purpose flour and one whole small banana.
3. Mix all the ingredients with your hands till the banana gets mashed well. Add the crushed cardamom to the mixture and mix it well.
   
4. Heat oil in a pan . To check whether the oil is hot enough , drop a small piece of dough into the oil, if it raises to the surface immediately, then it is the right time to fry the paniyaram.
5. Now reduce the flame to medium and drop roughly medium shaped balls directly into the oil, fry until it turns golden brown. 
6. Remove paniyaram from oil using ladle. Repeat this process till it completes.

Tips :

• If you prefer having Avasara paniyaram a little bit sweeter, add some extra sugar while mixing the ingredients. I gave the exact measurement listed in ingredients, came out well.
• You can also add some cashews into the dough. It gives nice crunchy taste once it got fried in the oil along with the dough.
• Adding pinch of salt enhances the sweetness.

Yields : 40