Tuesday 5 March 2013

Elle Belle

 
 
This is my 3rd post under Gian food for BM- 26. Elee Belle is nothing but coconut & jaggery stuffed Pan cakes. I have used sugar instead of Jaggery. This is my hubby's Fav & he can eat any number of these:) When we had gone on a holiday to Goa my hubby kept ordering these almost 2 to 3 times a day. In Goa they make different types of filling. I also had chocolate Pancakes, Banana & Peanut butter. However the traditional & the tastier one is with coconut. You can add jaggery instead of sugar.
 
I remember my school days, how my Mom used to make these for our evening snacks. Mostly my mom used to make these with neer dosa's & sometimes with flour batter. These are very simple to make & can be done under 10 mins. A quick breakfast/ snack or even kids meal.
 
Ingredients:
 
Pan cake Batter
  • 1.5 Cup Maida/ All purpose flour
  • 2 eggs beaten
  • 1 cup water (less or more to get the right consistency)
  • Pinch of salt
For the filling:
  • 1.5 cups grated coconut
  • 1 cup sugar/ Jaggery
  • Pinch of salt
  • 1/2 Tspn cardamom powder
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 Method:
  • Make a batter with With flour, beaten eggs, salt & water. The batter needs to be thin a little thinner than dosa batter.
  • For the stuffing mix all the ingredients mentioned in the list & just microwave it for 30 secs. This will combine the sugar & coconut well.
  • Heat the non stick flat Pan (Tawa) Pour a laddle of batter on the Pan & spread it around with the spoon to make it a thin Pan cake.
  • Cook only on one side for about a minute or try & lift with a spatula. This comes off easily from the non stick Pan. (I try to fill the Pan cakes with stuffing immediately to avoid any sticking).
  • Place a pancake on a plate. Place sufficient coconut filling in the centre, fold both the sides inward or just one side like the way I have done. Make sure that the filling is well covered or roll like a Swiss roll. Follow this process & the Pan cakes are ready to serve.
 
 

19 comments:

  1. This was served in our hostel - we used to call it love letter :-)

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  2. wow :-) very new recipe to me.. looks delish, Sheela !

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  3. Sounds exactly like french crepes apart from the stuffing part,glad to learn this fantastic dish from u.

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  4. I've seen lots of recipes for this both in goa cuisine and in southeast asia - yours looks so good!

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  5. The thin pancakes look very delish. I remember making Patishapta from bengal, which is almost same as this..

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  6. Very very new to me but very inviting...looks awesome...pics are lovely!!!

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  7. these crepes look like a wonderful treat

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  8. Looks fantastic. The filling is one of Hubby's fav. I am bookmarking this...

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  9. What cute name!!!! Love the filling!!! You have rolled it so well. I might get stuck there!!! :-)

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  10. That is a delicious recipe with a delicious name!!! love the stuffing!!
    Sowmya
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  11. Wow looks good and tempting. Can we skip the eggs in the recipe?

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  12. Interesting and quick one for snack is there any savory version traditionally.

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  13. Very new recipe..I wonder how they will turn out eggless!

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  14. Beautiful pictures! And the filling choices are endless, that makes this doubly good!

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  15. The thin crepes are so inviting and love the sweet filling :)

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  16. Lovely presentation. The filling sounds yummy.

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  17. These look so tempting, and I love the name..very interesting, Super!

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  18. These look so tempting, and I love the name..very interesting, Super!

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  19. Love the name of thew dish. They look awesome.

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