While I was an undergraduate at Peradeniya university a couple of decades ago, I disliked most of the under-cooked meals served at the university canteens. The only stuff I did like were some of the snacks which were delicious and new to me. One such snack was the coconut pancake. I realized afterwards that while it had been quite new to me, it is quite a staple on roadside tea stalls across the country so I refer to it as the Sri Lankan pancake as it is a little different from the regular pancake my mother usually makes at home. I recently mentioned this to my mother and my mother decided to recreate this coconut pancake, the recipe of which I am sharing here. As the coconut pancakes are really yummy, I decided to bring some over to Angie‘s Fiesta Friday #105, co-hosted by Lily and Julianna.
Given that I watched a few Bollywood movies this january, my song choice for this weekend is one from Imtiaz Ali’s movie Tamasha, starring Ranbir Kapoor and Deepika Padukone. The lyrics of the song was written by Irshad Kamil and music composed by A.R.Rahman and sung by Mohit Chauhan.
Hope you enjoy the song this weekend as you try out the coconut pancakes for brunch!
Coconut pancakes
Ingredients:
- Coconut milk – 1 cup
- Flour – ½ cup
- Saffron or kesar powder – pinch
- Salt – pinch
- Coconut – ½ cup, grated
- Sugar – 1 tbsp
- Vanilla – 1 tsp
Method
- Mix the flour, saffron, salt with the coconut milk to make pancake batter. Add a little water to adjust consistency, if required.
- Lightly fry the grated coconut with sugar in a pan until it caramelizes slightly. Remove from heat.
- Add vanilla essence to either batter or caramelized coconut.
- Scoop the batter onto the pan and make a thin layer. Cover for two minutes and cook over low heat. Flip the pancake and cook for another minute before removing from pan.
- After removing the pancake from pan, fill it immediately with the caramelized coconut and roll it.
- Serve the coconut pancakes with a hot cup of tea.
Recipe source: Raji Thillainathan.
A Taste of Sri Lankan cuisine 
The coconut pancake sound delicious. 🙂
Thank you, Jhuls! Have a lovely weekend!
This looks really delicious.
Indeed they are, Vanya 🙂
So delicious and simple to make. Wonderful recipe, Ahila
Thank you, Aruna.. hope you do try it out sometime. Have a lovely weekend!
You too, Ahila
Yum! coconut pancakes sound like something I need to try! 🙂
Definitely, Nancy. Lavaria is something else that you need to try. I will be posting its recipe soon.
So very heavenly! This is a wonderful treat! Thanks so much for sharing with us at FF! 😀
Glad you like it, Julianna 🙂
Love the tasty combination, Ahila! 🙂
Happy to hear that, Linda 🙂
What a scrumptious looking treat!
thank you 🙂
These coconut pancakes look so delicious. I love anything with coconut in them 🙂
I LOVE coconut Pancakes!! 😀 I used to eat them EVERYDAY when I was younger because my grandmother made them for us! So glad to have come across your blog 🙂
Nice to hear that you enjoyed your grandmother’s coconut pancakes, Dini. Would you be interested in sharing one of your grandmother’s recipes or one of your own original/fusion recipes as a guest blogger on A Taste of Sri Lankan Cuisine?
The pancakes looks absolutely yummy! I have never thought of coconut in pancakes, I have to try this 🙂
Looks delicious and so simple to make. Thank you!
These look so delicious Ahila! and loved your Bollywood song! You blog is so bright and colorful…
Thanks, Rhonda, and glad you enjoyed the Bollywood song as well 🙂
I used to go to Bollywood movies with my son when he was in college– makes me want to go again!! thanks Avila!
I’ve never had coconut and saffron together, but I can imagine how fragrant and delicious these pancakes must be! I can see why you liked these while studying at the university.