PAN ROLL

June 03, 2020

PAN ROLL

I know 3 names for this sweet snack. In my house we call it ," Pan Roll" , my husband calls it, "Soft Dosa", and in my hostel , it was known as ," Love Letter". It's a famous tea time snack . It's basically crepes filled with sweetened , grated coconut and rolled .Kids love this !

INGREDIENTS - Makes 6 , 10 " thin crepes

1/2 cup flour
1 egg
3/4 cup milk
1/4 tsp plus 1/8 tsp salt
oil

FILLING

1/2 cup coconut
2 Tbsp sugar

METHOD

Beat the egg plus 1/4 cup milk. Then add in the flour. Stir well. There won't be any lumps in the batter because the flour is mixed the right amount of liquid.

Then add in the rest of the milk , while gradually stirring. Rest the batter for atleast 30 minutes.
Meanwhile prepare the coconut filling. Mix sugar with the grated coconut and keep aside

Making the Crepes

Set up 2 plates , one plate to hold the crepe ,add the filling and roll it and another plate to hold the rolls.

Heat a 10 inch , non-sticky pan on medium heat. Add a tsp of oil and spread it around.

My ladle holds about 1/4 cup of the batter. Pour a ladleful of the batter into the pan . Rotate the pan to spread the batter. Cover with a lid , turn the heat to medium-low and cook covered for 1 minute.

After 1 minute turn the heat to medium and open the lid , the crepe will be cooked by now. No need to turn it over.
The crepes are very thin and delicate , so I release the crepes from the edge and fold into half and then into quarter and take it off of the pan.This is the easiest method to take out the crepes.

Pour another ladleful of the batter , turn the heat to medium-low and cook for 1 minute.Frequent oiling is not required. Only if the crepes start to stitck to the pan , oil the pan for the next crepe.

Meanwhile open up the crepe ,fill the crepes , roll it and transfer to another plate.