A traditional Gujarati snack made with rice flour, urad flour, ginger and chillies.
What is Panki?
Panki is a traditional Gujarati snack made with rice flour, urad flour, ginger and green chillies. It is a thin savory pancake kind of snack that is cooked between plantain leaves or banana leaves.
Panki can be made with a variety of flours and rice flour panki is a popular one.
Serving suggestions for rice panki?
It can be served as a snack or breakfast along with mint coriander chutney.
Step by step preparation:
- Combine the rice flour, urad dal flour, salt, crushed cumin and melted ghee in a bowl.
- Add water little by little and make a smooth batter.
- Add ginger chilli paste and combine well.
- Let it sit for 30 minutes.
- Grease the plantain leaves with some oil or ghee.
- Heat a tawa or pan and place the greased leaf on it.
- Spread 2 tablespoons of the batter on the greased leaf.
- Cover the batter with another leaf with greased side facing down.
- Press it gently to spread the batter evenly to make a thin layer.
- Flip and cook both sides until light brown spots appear on the banana leaves.
- Once it is cooked completely, remove it from the pan and serve it immediately with chutney.
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How to make Gujarati Rice Panki recipe below:
Panki Recipe
A gujarati breakfast or snack recipe made with rice flour, ginger and chiillies
Servings: 8 pankis
Calories: 79kcal
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup Rice Flour
- 2 tbsp Urad Dal Flour
- 1 tsp Crushed Cumin Seeds
- 2 tsp Yogurt
- 2 tsp Melted Ghee
- 3/4 tsp Ginger Green Chilli Paste
- Salt to taste
- Oil for greasing
- Plantain Leaves
- Water little less than a cup
Instructions
- Combine the rice flour, urad dal flour, salt, crushed cumin and melted ghee in a bowl.
- Add water little by little and make a smooth batter.
- Add ginger chilli paste and combine well.
- Keep it aside for 30 minutes.
- Grease the banana leaves with oil and set aside.
- Place a banana leaf on a hot pan / tawa.
- Put 1 – 2 tablespoons of batter on the greased banana leaf.
- Cover it with another greased banana leaf.
- Press it gently to spread the batter evenly to make a thin layer.
- Cook on both sides until light brown spots appear on the banana leaves.
- Serve immediately with green chutney/mint coriander chutney.
Nutrition
Calories: 79kcal | Carbohydrates: 14g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 2g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 3mg | Sodium: 2mg | Potassium: 16mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 8mg | Iron: 1mg
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I have seen panki but never want to try them, but u r pulling me to try this fantastic dish.