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Home » Breakfast Recipes » Traditional Indian Breakfast Recipes

Masala Cheeyam/Spiced lentil dumplings

Dec 3, 2013 · Modified: Dec 26, 2024 by Priya_Srinivasan ·

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Another episode of Blogging Marathon begins today. For the first week i will be posting Regional specific Course. I have chosen Chettinad Cuisine from Namma Tamilnadu. I have been planning to do this cuisine for the previous month long marathon, but i couldn't participate due to personal reason. 
This BM too, i wasn't sure enough whether i will be participating, until i started typing this post. Kuttu wasn't well for the past one week, he has viral fever, fever was reaching 104, poor fellow had to take him washroom twice and hose him down with water to reduce the fever. uff, it was tough. 
Masala Cheeyam is a famous chettinadu snack. It makes an awesome combo with a simple coconut chutney or can be had as such since it has got all the flavors needed to make it tasty. 

Ingredients
2 Cups Raw Rice/Idly rice/Basmati Rice (see notes)
1.5 Cups Urad dal
5-6 nos Green chilies
1 cup freshly grated coconut
Oil for deep frying

Tempering
1-2 teaspoon oil
½ teaspoon mustard seeds
2 medium-sized onion, chopped
¼ teaspoon hing
2-3 sprigs of curry leaves
handful of fresh coriander leaves

Method
  • Wash and Soak Rice and dal together for 2 hours. Drain and add green chilies, grind it to a smooth batter, adding very less water. I used around ¼ cup of water  to grind .The batter shouldn't be thin. The consistency should be of urad dal vada batter.
  • Take the batter in a wide bowl. Heat oil in a pan, splutter mustard seeds, add hing, curry leaves and add chopped onion and saute until translucent. Take it off the stove and add this tempering to the batter. Add freshly grated coconut to the batter and mix well.
  • Heat oil in the same pan/kadai for deep frying, Pinch small balls of the batter and fry until golden brown. Drain on a kitchen towel.
  • If you are concerned about the calorie gain due to deep frying, you can also make it using paniyaram pan/abelskiver pan. Both the ways, it tastes yum.
  • Serve warm with Coconut Chutney or Tomato sauce. Makes a good evening tiffen.
Notes
Traditionally, the rice used for this snack is Raw rice, but i have tried this snack using both idly rice and also basmati rice. I personally didn't feel any difference in the taste.

Check out the Blogging Marathon page for the other Blogging Marathoners doing BM#35

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  1. Swathi

    December 03, 2013 at 9:50 pm

    Delicious lentil dumplings.

    Reply
  2. Unknown

    December 04, 2013 at 1:34 am

    So perfectly made cheeyam and looks so tempting 🙂 Love this savoury version !!

    Reply
  3. AparnaRajeshkumar

    December 04, 2013 at 4:18 am

    wanted to try this long time.. looking seriously tempting

    Reply
  4. nandoos kitchen

    December 04, 2013 at 5:56 am

    This looks great. Perfect combo with a cup of tea.

    Reply
  5. Shama Nagarajan

    December 04, 2013 at 6:50 am

    nice recipe..

    Reply
  6. Unknown

    December 04, 2013 at 6:52 am

    I make them often these days as it is a hit in the family. Yours have an equal color. Kudos.

    Reply
  7. Laxmipriya

    December 04, 2013 at 7:52 am

    lovely chettinad dumplings.. tempting.. 🙂

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  8. Rafeeda AR

    December 04, 2013 at 7:58 am

    looks really yum... perfect for chai time...

    Reply
  9. Srivalli

    December 04, 2013 at 11:50 am

    What a delicious snack Priya..never realized the name of this snack..:)

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  10. Harini R

    December 04, 2013 at 7:54 pm

    New name for an awesome snack!

    Reply
  11. Chef Mireille

    December 05, 2013 at 12:11 am

    this looks so light and airy

    Reply
  12. cookingwithsapana

    December 05, 2013 at 8:12 am

    Very interesting snack , glad to learn about it ! Take care of him dear ...

    Reply
  13. Padmajha

    December 06, 2013 at 1:57 pm

    What a delicious snack!Yum!

    Reply
  14. Archana

    December 06, 2013 at 4:16 pm

    Wow This looks so very delicious.
    I hope your son is better now.

    Reply
  15. Suma Gandlur

    December 09, 2013 at 3:14 am

    They look very yummy. It is snowing from morning and right now seems like an apt one for the weather I have around here.
    BTW, hope your son is doing better now.

    Reply
  16. Pavani

    December 10, 2013 at 7:26 pm

    Hope your son is feeling better now. Those lentil dumplings look so cute and fluffy.

    Reply
  17. Sandhya Ramakrishnan

    December 11, 2013 at 2:31 pm

    It is hard when kids are down! These fritters look very inviting 🙂

    Reply

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