Featured Recipe: Illai Adai (Steamed Rice Pancakes With Sweet Coconut Filling)

• Prep time: 10 minutes
• Cooking Time: 15 minutes
• Serves- 6-7 pcs
• Ingredients:

For outer covering

• Rice Flour: 1 cup
• Oil: 1 tsp
• Salt: 1 pinch
• Water: 2 cups

For Filling

• Coconut: 1 cup grated
• Jaggery: ¾ cup
• Jackfruit (ripe): ½ cup
• Cardamom powder: 1 pinch
• Ghee: 1 tsp

Procedure:

• Take a pan and melt some ghee in it.  Now add the chopped jackfruit pieces and allow them to cook for some time.
• Now add the jaggery in grated form, and allow it to melt. Add the coconut and stir well. Add a pinch of cardamom powder. Cool and set aside. 
• To make the outer covering, dry roast the rice flour until it is nice and fragrant. In another pan, boil the 2 cups of water, add to it some oil and salt.
• Once boiled, add the roasted rice flour and mix gently. Make a soft dough, while the mixture is still warm. 
• In order to make the stuffing, take cleaned banana leaves and grease them with ghee. Now gently place a small ball of the rice dough and gently flatten it to make a roti-like shape.
• Add the coconut and jackfruit stuffing on one half of the rice, cover and gently fold the other half over it. Press the edges to seal it properly. 
• Repeat for all rice covers. 
• To steam the rice parcels, boil some water in a steamer. Add the banana leaves with rice parcels on them.
• Steam for about 3-4 minutes. Serve warm as a dessert.