Sago and Potato pancakes for Navratri by Exec Pastry Chef Pratik Roy, The Leela Goa is a sumptuous treat.
Needless to say this is Chef Pratik Roy’s favourite dish to cook during Navratri and with good reason. This is no ordinary Sago and Potato pancakes for Navratri . There is drooling coconut and jaggery filling as well as mouth watering Rabri with berries to go with it.
India’s top Chefs shared their favourite dish to eat during Navratri along with the recipe, so all Today’s Traveller’s readers can make it in their home for their loved ones.
We wait all year for celebrating food during the ongoing Navratri festival coming up in mid-April. The 9-day of festivities puts a spotlight on what is traditionally known as Navratri food but these meals are probably some of the most nutritious and diet-friendly meals in the world.
Sago and Potato pancakes for Navratri by Exec Pastry Chef Pratik Roy, The Leela Goa is a creative dish that serves both as a dessert and a meal.
Happy Navratri! Happy Cooking with Sago and Potato pancakes for Navratri !
Recipe – Sago and Potato pancakes
Ingredients
| Sl NO | Ingredients | Quantity |
| 1 | Soaked sago | 250 gms |
| 2 | Potato flour | 25 gms |
| 3 | sugar | 25 gms |
| 4 | Milk | 750 ml |
Method
- Wash and soak the sago in normal water for an hour.
- Strain and blend into a fine paste in a mixer/ blender.
- Add potato flour to the above.
- Add milk slowly and mix till lump-free.
- Strain and keep aside.
- Pour a little of the mixture on a hot non-stick pan and spread (make it as thin as possible….like a crepe.)
- Once cooked, flip it over on a tray and allow it to cool.
For the coconut and jaggery filling
| Sl NO | Ingredients | Quantity |
| 1 | Fresh grated coconut | 500 gms |
| 2 | Grated jaggery | 130 gms |
| 3 | Roasted cardamom powder | 2 gms |
| 4 | Cashewnuts broken | 50 gms |
Method
- Cook the coconut and jaggery together for about 10 to 15 minutes, till the coconut binds into a mixture.
- Add broken cashew-nuts and cardamom powder. Allow to cool.
- Wrap the crepes with the coconut mixture at the centre. Cut into desired shapes.
Rabri with berries
| Sl NO | Ingredients | Quantity |
| 1 | Milk | 750 ml |
| 2 | sugar | 125 gms |
| 3 | berries | 200 gms |
| 4 | sugar | 75 gms |
Method
- Cook and reduce the milk to 1/3rd with the sugar, over a slow fire.
- Cook the berries and 75 gms sugar.
- Add the above to the Rabri, when cold.
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