Patishapta is a very popular bengali desert. It's typically a winter treat. It's delectable at every bite with the aromatic sweetness from date palm jaggery. Thin and soft crepes filled with melt in mouth coconut-jaggery filling are completely addictive. This is a festive dish for Sankranti.

Patishapta(Coconut- Jaggery)

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By Debojani Roy

Jan, 8th

670

Servings
6 persons
Cook Time
45 minutes
Ingredients
8 - 10

Ingredients

  • All purpose flour : 1cup
  • Semolina (suji) : ½cup
  • Rice flour  : ¼cup
  • Coconut  : 2 cups
  • Khoya : 1cup
  • Date palm jaggery  : 1cup
  • Milk  : 1cup
  • Cardamom  : 3
  • Oil : as required
  • Salt  : 1pinch

Instructions

  • Take a mixing bowl and prepare the batter by adding all purpose flour, semolina and rice flour.        
  • Whisk with a pinch of salt until it's smooth. Keep aside for half an hour.
  • For the filling mix grated coconut with jaggery and place it over low flame.
  • Add milk, khoya and cardamom powder. Keep stirring and cook till it leaves the sides of the pan.
  • Now heat a non-stick pan. Brush little oil and put a ladle of batter and form  a thin circle.
  • Put two tablespoons of the coconut jaggery filling lengthwise on one side of the crepe. Start folding the patishapta from one side with a spatula.
  • Mouth watering patishapta is ready. Serve hot or cold.

Notes/Tips

1. The batter should be neither thick nor very thin in consistency. 2. Keep on stirring and scraping the sides of the pan on low flame while making the filling to avoid the mixture from sticking on the sides.