COCONUT-MOLASSES PANCAKES & A MEAL ?!

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Now on to my recipe..I am posting a dessert recipe this weekend! You must be wondering why a dessert first and then post a meal!! Well!! I thought I would tempt you first with a beautiful dessert and then hook you on to cooking a meal too! Hope it works!!:D

When I saw this recipe in one of Tarla Dalal's magazine, I had flashbacks of my own childhood!! My Mysore grandmother's yummy 'Kayi-Bellada Dose' in Kannada ,which literally means 'coconut-jaggery (gud/gur) pancakes':)) I had not even thought of this dish in years!!Suddenly flooded with memories , I got up and made these immediately! It tastes like eating instant Obbattu (Holige, Bobbattlu,Puran Poli) without all hard work of making the flour wrap and the dal filling! Divine!!

  
I used dark molasses for this recipe instead of gud, which is easily available at any US grocery store and gives you that rich dark color, almost like dark chocolate and a smokey flavor and makes it tasty without needing lot sugar and the aroma of cardamom pd will make you drool, and put you in a festive mood!! Chocolate would be nice too if you prefer it, but it wouldn't be Indian!!:D

Btw, I forgot to sprinkle some cocoa powder on the plate to make it look pretty , realized only after I took the photo!! Please do it before you serve to make it attractive and elegant!! Hope you will try this quick and easy 15 mins recipe, a well deserving dessert after a meal this weekend for your family!!

YOU NEED:

  
1 cup Wheat(atta) flour, 1/2 cup dark molasses, 2 tbsp dry grated coconut,2 tsp silced toasted Almonds,1/8 tsp cardamom powder.Some more coconut and almonds for garnish!!




 Mix all the above ingredients in a bowl with enough milk to a thickish pancake batter.
Make sure batter is not thin, should be thick enough to pick up the pan and swirl the batter to a circle!



  Heat a non-stick pan,rub a little butter or ghee in the center and pour about 2-3 tbsps od batter,cook on a medium heat. Flip carefully ,cook and take them out on a plate. Fold into 2-4 folds and sprinkle little coconut,almond slivers on top to garnish! You can stuff some of these inside the pancake too before folding!!



Serve this delicious dessert drizzled with some honey if you like to sweeten yourself and your family after a equally satisfying meal!! YUM!!!

NOTE: Instead of wheat flour, you could use plain flour.
You can use sweteened coconut instead of dry unsweetened coconut.
For even more delicious pancakes, you can melt 3 tbsp Girardelli Semi-Sweet baking chocolate and add to the batter, lessening the amount of molasses!! Sounds good to me !!

Have a great weekend!!:))

Now,on to the main meal to serve before the sweet pancakes!! Some savory pancakes anyone ??!!

TO MAKE RICE AND URAD DAL DOSAS:
The following Dosa recipe is how I make them !! My version and proportions which I always use!! I use electic pancake griddle to make dosas to get unform color!! Works out very well as you can see !! :)) For people who are not familiar with dosas, this would be good way to start and improve as you learn and become Dosa Pros!! :D

  

YOU NEED:

 2 Cups long grain Rice
1/3 cup Urad Dal,1 tsp Methi or fenugreek seeds.
Soak for 4 hrs. Drain the water and grind urad dal mix first until very smooth with enough water to a fairly thick batter.You do need a powerful (550W) blender!



 Now grind the rice with water to a smooth fairly thin paste adding water. Pour both into a big bowl, mix thoroughly and sprinkle 1 tsp salt. Cover and put it in a warm place or in the oven with a oven light on (not the oven turned on!)overnight to ferment.Next morning, when you see the dosa batter risen, add 1 cup water if needed to thin like pancake batter, stir to mix.Do not let it ferment too much(not more than 12-14hrs that is)!



  Heat a dosa tava or Electric pancake griddle to 300F, put a ladleful of batter and spread into a 6-8" circle.Drizzle some oil or melted butter on and around it.Flip and cook the other side until golden, fold and serve!!




NOTE: It looks complicated but once you get hang of it,it would be easy make dosa and enjoy it. It's like making regular plain flour pancake batter but rice,dal soaked, ground and fermented which is very nutritious for you!! You do get already ground rice and dal in Indian stores you might use, still have to ferment it though!!
Serve: with Kerala Sambhar or Tindora Masala for a perfect meal!!

Below are the recipes: I cooked at (different times ofcourse!) just to try them out!! As you can see, they are delicious savoury combos to serve before a beautiful dessert!! Thank you Latha , Indira , Prema and Priya for sharing!! Hugs !!

Priya Bhaskaran's Delectable Kerala Sambhar:

  

OR;

Prema's Yummy Tindora Masala:

 

OR skip the savory pancakes and try these spicy Rice Rottis with Red Bell Pepper chutney!!

Latha's Rice Rotti and Indira's Red Bell Pepper Chutney

 

Hope you will try atleast some of these recipes this weekend:)))