KERALA SWEET CHATTIPATHIRI / ATHISHAYAPATHIRI / ATTIPATHAL

CHATTIPATHIRI

An all-time favorite nostalgic snacks recipes which can be made in two versions, Sweet and savory...This snack is named as Chattipathiri / Athishaya pathil. A very famous and traditional Kerala recipe which is very popular in Malabar region. An easy snack recipe for parties as it feeds a crowd. One of the best snack ideas for kids as they love those pretty layers stuffed with sweet coconut fillings. So just try this tasty snack. 

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INGREDIENTS

For the pancake/ pathiri

All purpose flour /Maida               - 1 cup

Salt               

Ghee

For the sweet filling

Coconut grated     - 1 cup

Egg      - 2 nos + 2 nos( for coating / dipping)

Cashews, Almonds- as required, chopped ( and few for decoration)  Milk          - 4 tbsp 

Sugar        - 4 tbsp

Ghee

Salt

PREPARATION

for the pancake /pathiri

• Mix the flour ( maida ) with hot water and salt. Make a dough using 1 tbsp ghee. ( OR u can put flour, salt and some water in a grinder and grind finely like dosa batter. If so, make some big thin dosa with this batter and keep it aside).
• Let the chapatti dough rest for half an hour.
• Now make some( 5 - 6 nos...or more )thin pancakes /chapatti with the dough and cook them in a tawa lightly.
• Keep it aside closed.( if it is not closed, the chapatti will become hard).

for the sweet fillings----------

• Heat ghee in a pan and roast cashews, almonds for decoration. Keep it aside.
• Now dry roast grated coconut, chopped nuts, and sugar for few minutes.
• Beat two eggs and add it to the roasted coconut and then scramble it well till done.  Add sugar according to your taste.
• Now the sweet filling is ready. Keep it aside.

for the coating

• Beat the eggs with milk, sugar and a pinch salt.

PREPARATION OF CHATTIPPATHIRI

• Heat a pan and when hot apply some ghee.
• Make the flame very low 
• Now dip the half-cooked pancake /chappatti in this egg batter and layer it on the hot frypan.
• Sprinkle some sweet coconut fillings over the first layer.
• Again take another pancake /chapatti , dip in egg batter and then again sprinkle some sweet mixture over it.
• Continue this process till all pancakes /pathiri get placed over the other. Finally, pancake / Pathiri must be on the top.
• Garnish with roasted nuts or raisins and pour the remaining egg batter over the pancake /pathiri and its edges and just press all the edges carefully.
• Now make the flame to medium and cook with lid closed for 10 minutes.
• Flip the other side and cook for other 10 minutes. (this process can be done by flipping to another hot fry pan).
• Once cooled cut into desired shapes.