Rice panki -Gujarat dish

Rice panki is a traditional Gujarat dish which is rice flour pancake roasted in banana leaf.  A light healthy snack for anytime of the day

Ingredients

• Rice Flour -2 cups
• Curd – 1/2 cup beaten
• Salt to taste
• Asafoetida – 1/4 tsp
• Cumin seeds – roughly ground
• Ginger green chilli paste – 1 tsp
• Garlic paste – 2 tbsp
• Melted ghee – 2 tbsp
• Turmeric powder – a pinch
• Banana leaves (cut into 150 mm*150mm) square pieces
• Oil for greasing and cooking

Method

Combine the rice flour,curd,salt and 3 cups of warm water in  a bowl an mix well to make a thicker batter.  Cover and keep aside for 3-4 hours to ferment.Add 3/4 to 1 cup of water cumin seeds,asafoetida, garlic paste,ginger green chilli paste,ghee and turmeric powder and mix well.

Apply a little oil on one side of each banana leaf and keep aside.  Put 2 tbsp of the batter on the half of the greased side of banana leaf and spread it evenly to make a thin layer.

Fold the other side over the batter.  Cook on a non -stick tava (griddle) using a little oil till light brown spots appear on the leaves and the panki between peels off the leaf easily.  Serve immediately with chutney

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