Sweet Maida Paniyaram | Heart Shaped Paniyaram | Maida Banana Paniyaram

Sweet maida paniyaram is a tasty deep fried, South Indian snack. It has a crispy outside and a soft inside and makes a delectable snack during tea-time. There are so many variations, but this is the most simple and tastiest version. I have used just bananas, flour and some sugar to make it, no extra special ingredients are needed. Also it is so easy to make in just minutes. Valentine's day is nearing and am sure all of us have many plans for this special day; romantic dinners, colorful cakes, lip-smacking milkshakes, sumptuous desserts and delectable sweets are waiting ahead for sure in every homes. But all those special recipes are somewhat western right? so how about an authentic South Indian paniyaram for valentine's day? Wonder how it will fit the theme anyway? It does fit when it has a heart shape, agree? that is what I have posted about. I have discussed bout both ordinary paniyaram and heart shaped paniyaram today. Try them for your loved ones and make it a special day. Not only a spouse or a lover is to be adored, loved and treated with affection on this day, your kids, family and friends also deserve appreciation and recognition on this particular day, so make it for all who care for you and share this special day with them too. Am sure you will definitely fall in love with these cute shaped, flawless paniyarams. Do check out the recipe, it is so easy to make also no extra efforts needed just a few minutes extra and some cookie cutters will give you the valentine special paniyarams. 

INGREDIENTS

Makes 10 to 15 paniyarams 
Total Preparation Time - 20 to 30 minutes 

1. Maida / All purpose flour - 1 cup (75 grams) 
2. Sugar - 5 to 6 spoons (40 grams) 
3. Banana - 1 small banana 
4. Water - 100 ml (or) as required 
5. Oil - For deep frying 

Extras you may need 

• Heart shaped cookie cutter (no plastics) 

PREPARATION METHOD 

• To make the batter, take a bowl add maida, sugar, banana and mix well with your fingers first. (Mash the banana well with your fingers) 
• Then add water little by little and mix well until it it becomes a smooth batter and has the consistency of dosa batter. See that it is not too runny nor very thick. 
• Keep this batter aside for 10 to 15 minutes. 

• After 15 minutes take the batter and mix well with a ladle for 2 minutes. This will help the sugar to get evenly mixed with the batter. 
• Now place a frying pan on flame and pour oil into it. Check the oil to see if it is ready for frying the paniyarams, for this drop a small piece of batter into the oil, if it settles in the bottom it shows that the oil is not ready. If it comes up immediately it means the oil is ready, if the batter comes up and browns immediately it shows that the oil is too hot. 
• After the oil heats up scoop a spoon full of batter and pour it into the oil gently. 
• Then after the batter puffs up, slowly turn sides and wait until it turns brown on both sides. 

• Once it browns up remove from flame and place on a tissue paper to absorb excess oil. 
• Serve!!

Heart shaped paniyarams:

• To prepare heart shaped paniyarams, place a heart shaped cookie cutter in hot oil and then pour a spoon full of the prepared batter into the cookie cutter. Pour until the cookie cutter is filled up. 
• Then after few minutes flip the cookie cutter gently and leave undisturbed for a minute.

• Then remove the cutter from flame and place on a plate. After it cools down, slide a knife into the sides of the cutter and slowly push the paniyaram using your fingers. It will slide out very beautifully. 
• Now take these shaped paniyarams and fry again in hot oil, turn sides and wait until it browns evenly. Fry on a low flame so that the paniyarams gets cooked evenly. 

• When done remove from flame and place on a tissue paper to absorb excess oil. Then serve.

TIP 1: If you want bigger paniyarams use a big ladle to pour the batter into oil. I used a spoon and made smaller ones because it gets cooked quick and evenly. 

TIP 2: You can also add some rava/sooji to the batter to make it more crispier. 

TIP 3: You can also make the same with wheat flour, but it will be more dense than he maida paniyarams.

TIP 4: I have added moderate amount of sugar only, if you want the paniyarams to be more sweeter add more sugar. You can taste the batter to check sweetness. 

TIP 5: You can use different shaped cookie cutters, but do not use plastics. I have used a clover shaped cutter too you can see the pic. 

TIP 6: To get perfect shaped hearts, be patient and pour batter till the rim of the cookie cutter. 

Super delicious, crispy and soft paniyarams are ready!! Serve as snack!! Serve those heart shaped paniyarams for your loved ones on valentine's day!!

Look who my guests were!! 
As I was shooting the pics I found some ants heading towards my plate. Felt so pity for them and so shared some with them too!! Looks like they are loving it J

Sending this recipe to Priya's event!

And to Nivedham's Sowmya's Autnentic Indian sweets event

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