Panpatholi

Pan patholi is a sweet dish prepared on nagarpanchami and navrathri festivals….

Panpatholi is nothing but a sweet coconut stuffed in rice batter and steamed in turmeric leaves; the aroma of the turmeric leaves the patholi rolls while steaming makes the whole house smell divine; this is what makes the patholi special.

 I wanted to post this recipe before nagarpanchami but I had only eight turmeric leaves in my garden, which I reserved for this auspicious nagarpanchami day.

Ingredients

1 cup Par Boiled rice/Kerala rice

1 cup  Coconut grated

1 cup Jaggery

Cardamom powder

Rice flour as per required

Salt to taste

   

Method

 Soak Kerala rice for 2hours.

After 2hours grind soaked rice to a smooth paste by adding little water and salt

Add rice flour as per required so that the rice paste become thick

Take jaggery add 2-3tbsp of water and boil until jagerry melts and start boiling; add coconut and stir until it become little thick; add cardamom powder mix well; keep aside to cool

Meanwhile apply rice batter on turmeric leaves

Now fill the coconut jaggery stuffing on half of the turmeric leave as shown in the above image.

Then fold the leaves into half.

Now steam cook folded leaves for about ½ hour.

After ½ hour, serve Panpatholi.

Note

The cooking time depends on the quantity of panpatholi; as I had only 7-8 panpatholi so I steam cooked for ½ hour.