Tamil Nadu x Vietnam

Paniyaram banh khot

Name: Paniyaram banh khot
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Fusion
Ingredients: 1 1/4 cups idli dosa batter; 3 tbsp rice flour; 1/3 cup thick coconut milk; 1/4 tsp turmeric (ground turmeric); Salt, to taste; 3 tbsp cooking oil (vegetable oil); 1 sprig curry leaves; 4 greens sliced spring onion (green onion, scallion); 200 g small halved lengthwise prawns (shrimp); 3 cloves minced garlic; 1/4 tsp black pepper; 4 tsp fish sauce; 4 tsp sugar; 2 tbsp lime juice lemon juice; 1/3 cup water; 1 sliced fresh red chillies (fresh red chiles); 8 leaves lettuce; a handful mint leaves

Your paniyaram pan has been secretly Vietnamese all along. Crisp, coconutty and topped with prawns.

45 minTime

15 gProtein each

mediumSpice

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358kcalsame

15 gproteinsame

3 gfibresame

45minutessame

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Idli dosa batter1¼ cups

Rice flour3 tbsp

Thick coconut milk⅓ cup

Turmeric (ground turmeric)¼ tsp

Saltto taste

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)3 tbsp

Curry leaves1 sprig

Spring onion (green onion, scallion)4, greens sliced

Prawns (shrimp)200 g small, halved lengthwise

Garlic3 cloves, minced

Black pepper¼ tsp

Fish sauce4 tsp

Sugar4 tsp

Lemon juice2 tbsp lime juice

Water⅓ cup

Fresh red chillies (fresh red chiles)1, sliced

Lettuce8 leaves

Mint leavesa handful

Method

7 steps

1Whisk the batter, rice flour, coconut milk, turmeric and 1/2 tsp salt into a pourable batter. Rest 10 minutes.
2Heat 2 tbsp oil with the curry leaves on medium heat until they crackle. Pour over the spring onion greens with a pinch of salt.
3Toss the prawns with half the garlic, the pepper and a pinch of salt.
4Heat a paniyaram pan on medium heat with 1/2 tsp oil in each well. Fill each three quarters full, press a prawn piece into the top, cover and cook 3 minutes.
5Uncover and cook 1 to 2 minutes more on medium heat without flipping, until the base is deep golden and the prawns are pink and opaque. Repeat with the rest.
6Stir the fish sauce, sugar, lime juice, water, the remaining garlic and chilli into a dip.
7Spoon the spring onion oil over the cakes. Serve with lettuce and mint for wrapping and the dip.

Serve it like this

Arrange the cakes in neat rows on a banana leaf or long plate, spring onion oil glistening on top, with lettuce, mint and the dip in a small bowl at one end.

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Paniyaram banh khot

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