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Mal Pua (Coconut Pancakes)

Mal Pua (Coconut Pancakes) is a traditional Indian recipe for a classic sweet dessert pancake made from a blend of desiccated coconut, rice flour and milk flavoured with cardamom that's cooked in deep oil and is often served during Diwali. The full recipe is presented here and I hope you enjoy this classic Indian version of: Coconut Pancakes (Mal Pua).

prep time

20 minutes

cook time

20 minutes

Total Time:

40 minutes

Makes:

15

Rating: 4.5 star rating

Tags : Spice RecipesDessert RecipesMilk RecipesIndian Recipes


Ingredients:

100g desiccated coconut
120g rice flour
250ml milk
2 tbsp sugar
seeds from 1 cardamom pod, crushed
oil for deep frying

Method:

In a bowl, mix together the desiccated coconut and rice flour then beat in the milk until the mixture is smooth and the consistency of a runny batter (add more milk as needed).

Sprinkle over the sugar and cardamom pod and stir to combine.

Heat oil to a depth of 5cm in a deep-sided pan. When the oil is very hot drip in the batter by the tablespoonful (it will spread to form small pancakes). Deep fry the pancakes on both sides until golden brown all over.

It is best to cook them individually. When done, drain on kitchen paper and serve.

They are either eaten plain, with honey or with a syrup made by boiling together 250ml water and 200g syrup for about 15 minutes and flavouring with rose water or kewra water.