Cuisine: Chhattisgarh
Category: Dessert
Prep: 20 min
Cook: 25 min
Serves: 6
Difficulty: Easy
🌿 Vegetarian
Sweet rice flour dumplings stuffed with fresh coconut and banana — the sweet version of fara made as a dessert and festival offering.
Ingredients
- For outer layer:
- 2 cups rice flour
- Hot water — approximately 2/3 cup
- 1/2 tsp salt
- For filling:
- 1/2 cup freshly grated coconut
- 1 ripe banana — mashed
- 3 tbsp jaggery — grated
- 1/4 tsp cardamom powder
- A pinch of nutmeg
Method
- Make filling: combine grated coconut, mashed banana, grated jaggery, cardamom and nutmeg. Mix. Divide into 12 portions.
- Make dough: combine rice flour and salt. Add hot water gradually kneading with wet hands to a smooth moist dough.
- Divide into 12 balls. Wet palms. Flatten one ball in the palm into a round.
- Place one portion of filling in the centre. Fold and seal edges completely.
- Shape into smooth ovals.
- Set up a steamer. Line basket with oiled cloth.
- Steam on medium 15 to 18 minutes until outer layer is firm and cooked through.
- Serve warm with ghee drizzled over.