Coconut Stuffed Rice Pancakes (Patishapta)

To Serve : 6

Ingredients :

• Fresh grated Coconut : 1
• Patali gur/jaggery ; 125gm
• Semolina/Rava : 1/2 cup
• Refined flour/ Maida : 1/2 cup
• Milk : 1/2 cup
• Sugar : 4 Tbsp
• Oil to fry

Method :

1. Mix the freshly grated coconut with patali gur or jaggery and cook for around 10 minutes. The mixture should not become hard. Keep this aside.
2. Mix the semolina, refined flour, sugar and milk to make a batter. The batter should not be too thin or too thick. It should be of medium consistency.
3. Heat 1 Tbsp oil in a frying pan and pour a portion of the batter and spread it to form a thin layer.
4. Cook it till it turns light brown from below.
5. Then turn it upside down, cook for 1-2 minutes and take it out on a plate.
6. Put a small portion of the coconut mixture and place it length wise and fold it like a wrap.
7. Repeat the steps 3 - 6 with the remaining batter and coconut mixture.
8. Delicious patishaptas are ready to eat.
9. The Patishaptas can be served hot or cold.

Tip : You can also pour rabri on top of the patishaptas before having. The rabri can be simply prepared at home by cooking condensed milk with gur or sugar till it thickens.

Note : In place of patali gur or jaggery, you can also prepare the dish by using sugar.