Chakka Pathiri and Neipathiri / Neypathal

I had to be creative to be a part of "Jihva for Ingredients" and this month jackfruit is the chosen ingredient. Chakka pathiri is a innovation to incorporate jackfruit as an ingredient.
Pathiri, neipathiri or poricha ( fried ) pathiri are some of the specialities among Mappila (Muslims) in kerala.
Pathiri /Neriya pathiri is rolled out very thin and puffs up when cooked on a tava. Neipathiri denotes, pathiri fried in ghee. Present days other healthy oils are used instead of ghee.
Chakka is the malayalam name for jackfruit and pathiri is like a pancake made out of rice flour.

Ingredients

2 cups - Rice flour
2 cups - Water
Salt to taste
Oil for frying

To grind

1 cup - Raw jackfruit, chopped
1/2 tsp - Jeera / Cumin seeds
2 - Shallot / small onion
1/2 cup - Grated coconut

Method

1 ) In a blender, grind coconut, jeera and shallot without adding any water. Then add the chopped jackfruit and grind the ingredients together.

2 )Heat water to a boil with salt. Add the ground ingredients to the water and bring water to a boil again. Simmer heat, slowly add rice flour and stir well with a spoon. Turn off the heat and close with a lid. Open the lid after 5 to 10 minutes and when it is still warm, but manageable to knead, knead well without adding any more water. Knead to a smooth dough.

3 ) Make small balls of the dough....



4 ) With a rolling pin, roll the dough balls. Dust with rice flour as needed to help rolling the dough to a round shape. Use a round cutter or a lid to get a perfect round shape.
5 ) Heat oil in a wok or kadai. Slide in the pathiri and fry on both sides. Take off the oil to a serving plate.


Serve with sweetened coconut milk or goes so very well with non-veg, mutton and chicken curries.

This chakka ( jackfruit ) pathiri is my contribution to JFI for this month, hosted by Jai & Bee of Jugalbandi.

To make Neipathiri, ingredients are similar, except for jackfruit. Method is the same as above. This is known as neipathiri or neypathal in the malabar region.

Ingredients for Neipathiri

2 cups - Rice flour
2 cups - water
Salt to taste
Oil for frying

To grind

1/2 cup - Grated coconut
1/2 tsp - Jeera
1/2 tsp - Fennel seeds
2 - Shallot

Method

1 ) Grind the ingredients listed to be ground without any water in a blender. Heat water to a boil with salt. Add the ground ingredients to the water and bring water to a boil again. Simmer heat, slowly add rice flour and stir well with a spoon. Turn off the heat and close with a lid. Open the lid after 5 to 10 minutes and when it is still warm, but manageable to knead, knead well without adding any more water.

2 ) Make small balls of the dough and roll out with a rolling pin. Dust with rice flour to help in rolling out. Cut with a round cutter or a lid to get a good round shape. Pathiri will be little thicker.

3 ) Heat a wok or kadai with oil on medium heat. Slide pathiri into the hot oil and fry on both sides. Take out off the oil and transfer to a plate.


Serve with non-veg curry. Try with -

• mutton masala chops
  
• Kori kari
  
• Aattirachi (Mutton curry)

Note

1 ) You can dry roast the rice flour lightly and use. This will help in the rolled out pathiri not breaking. I have not dry roasted rice flour for above recipes.

2 ) Instead of frying neipathiri, you can roll out a thin pathiri and cook in a tava or non-stick pan. Flip and cook on both sides.