Traditional Bengali crepes stuffed with coconut and chocolate filling.
Course Dessert
Cuisine Bengali
Keyword patishapta, Pithe
Prep Time 10 minutesminutes
Cook Time 1 hourhour
Servings 20
Calories 170kcal
Ingredients
For crêpes
1cupall-purpose flour
1/2cupsemolina
1tbsprice flouroptional
2 1/2cupsmilkyou need just enough milk to make a runny batter that will just about hold form when spread on the tawa. Not too thick. Just thin enough.
Pinchof salt
3tbsppowdered sugar
Vegetable oil/ghee/or butter for frying.
For stuffing:
1 1/2cupgrated coconut
1cupmilk
1cupsugaror to taste
1cupchocolate chips
1/2cupNutellaoptional
Instructions
Mix all the ingredients in a bowl. Cover and set aside for 1-2 hours. You may have to add more milk after the sooji has swelled and the batter has thickened a bit.
Make the stuffing
While the batter rests, heat a pan, add coconut, milk and sugar and cook stirring occasionally until everything starts to come together. Reduce heat and stir continuously until the coconut starts to form lumps Turn off heat, add chocolate and Nutella, and mix well.
Prepare the patishapta
Heat a non-stick pan. Smear the pan with oil/ghee. Using a ladle, take some batter and drop it in the center of the pan and swirl with the back of the ladle to form a thin crêpe. Take a heaping spoonful of the chocolate stuffing and place it along the middle of the crêpe.
Now fold the crêpe into a roll, with the help of a spatula. Remove from heat, grease the pan again, and repeat until you have used up all the batter.