PANINEER PETTI

Strange the name sounds rite ??.. its one of my all time favourite Malabar snack, made of ripe Kerala Banana(Nenthrappazham).. As the name sounds, its shape ressembles a "PETTI"(box) with banana filling stuffed inside..But am still wondering why the name "Panineer" (Rose)? ..may be it symbolizes the sweet filling inside ... This is one among the snacks Malabar muslims prepare to treat their "Puyyaplas"(New Bridegroom) . Here goes the recipe..

Ingredients for the Filling:

Kerala Banana (ripe)- 2

Cocunut grated - 4 tbsp

Sugar - 4 tbsp

Cashewnuts/raisins - a few

Cardamom (powdered) - 3 pods

Ghee -1 tbsp

Ingredients for the Pancake:

Eggs - 4

To prepare the filling:

Cut banana into small square pieces.Heat ghee in a pan. Once the ghee is hot, add cashews n raisins n saute till they turn golden. Add the banana pieces n saute for 3-4 minutes. Then add in sugar n mix well. Finally add coconut n powdered cardamom and fry for a couple of minutes more. Remove n let it cool

To prepare the pancakes:

Beat the eggs very well .Grease a pan with little ghee n heat it. Once the pan is very hot, pour a laddle of egg batter , rotate the pan n spread it out as thin as possible to make pancakes. U need to cook only one side of the pancake for a minute or less. Invert the pan onto to a flat plate ; the uncooked side has to be at the bottom. Keep 2 tbspn filling into the pancake n spread it into square shape. Then fold the pancake inwards, from two opposite sides first n then the the other pair of opposite sides to get a square shaped parcel. Make similar panineer pettis with remaining batter n filling n serve it on a plate with the folded side at the bottom.