Author Notes
This recipe is a twist to a famous South Indian Appa recipe. South Indian cooking involves a lot of fermentation and use of coconut cream and fresh coconut water. I have not done fermentation in this particular recipe because I have used semolina in it and not rice flour.
I used scallions cooked with maple syrup and stuffed it in the pancakes. The sweet taste of maple and the tangy taste of tamarind in chutney makes a wonderful combination. You can always substitute it with something else. I recommend using pancake mold to get the spherical shapes. —Shruti Jain
Ingredients
- Pancakes
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2
Stalks of Scallion
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1/2 teaspoon
Maple Syrup
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1 cup
Semolina (Fine)
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1/2 cup
Yogurt
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1 teaspoon
Salt
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1/2 teaspoon
Baking Powder
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1/2 teaspoon
Oil (any kind)
- Peanut Coconut Chutney
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1/2 cup
Roasted Peanuts
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1/2 cup
Shredded Coconut
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1 teaspoon
Tamarind paste
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1 piece
Green Chilli or red chilli
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2 tablespoons
Coconut Cream
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1/2 teaspoon
Sugar
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1/2 teaspoon
Salt ( start with little and then add acc to taste)
Directions
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In a bowl, mix semolina, yogurt, baking powder and salt. Add some water to make a paste consistency. Keep the bowl in a warm place to ferment for 20-25 minutes. In a blender mix all the ingredients of chutney and blend until smooth. Keep it on the side.
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Thinly sliced the scallions both white and the green part. In a small pan, warm oil scallion and maple syrup and a little salt; cook for 5 minutes on a medium flame.
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Warm the pancake mold and coat it with oil. Put 1 tablespoon of semolina mix, add 1/2 teaspoon scallions and then another tablespoon on the top. Repeat it for the rest of the mixture.
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Cook for 3 - 5 minutes and then use a toothpick to turn the cakes after 5 minutes or once it gets brown from the bottom. Apply some oil if needed. Let it brown from both the sides before taking them off.
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