Rice Panki - cooked in Banana Leaves...

Rice Panki

Rice Flour cooked in Banana Leaves...

Ingredients:

2 cups rice flour,1/2 cup curds, salt to tast, 1/4 tsp asafoetida,1 tsp cumin seeds, roughly ground, 1 tsp ginger-green chilli paste,2 tsp garlic paste, 2 tsp melted ghee, a pinch turmeric powder and 4 to 6 banana leaves cut 6” x 6” square pieces or shape you like. oil for greasing and cooking

Method

Combine the rice flour, curds, salt and 3 cups of warm water in a bowl and mix well to make a thick batter. Cover and keep aside for 3 to 4 hours to ferment.

Add ¾ to 1 cup of water, asafoetida, cumin seeds, ginger-green chilli paste, garlic 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 one half of the greased side of a banana leaf and spread evenly to make a thin layer.Fold the other side over the batter.

Cook on a non-stick griddle using a little oil till light brown spots appear on the leaves and the panki in between peels off the leaf easily.

Repeat with the remaining ingredients to make more pankis.Serve immediately.

Hints:

You can cook 3 to 4 pankis at a time.

you can stim boli paki too.

sprinkle finely chopped dill after spreading better to make dill panki.