Coconut pancakes

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This delicious pancakes with coconut stuffing can be served with yogurt, sour cream or jam.

1 cup flour
1 egg
¼ cup milk
3 tbsp sugar
4 cup fresh coconut, grated
½ inch ginger root, grated
yogurt, salt, aniseeds to taste
oil

1. Beat up egg with 2 tbsp milk, combine with flour and salt and make thick pastry. Leave in a cold place for 30 minutes.
2. Add the rest of milk to get pastry looking like nonfat cream. If it’s too thick, add some milk. Preheat a small pan and fry over medium or strong heat.
3. Combine coconut, aniseeds, sugar and ginger. Put 1 full tsp coconut stuffing on each pancake and fold in four. Cover and let it cool about 30 minutes.
4. Decorate with the rest of grated coconut and serve with yogurt.

Chutney with cilantro and tomatoes

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6-7 small tomatoes
2 bunch fresh cilantro
6 green chili peppers
salt

Combine all ingredients and blend.

Kesar kheer (Rice pudding with pistachios and saffron)

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Don’t be affraid of this sophisticated dish name. Kesar kheer means sweet rice pudding with various second helpings and it’s a quite easy recipe.

½ cup rice
4 cup milk
8 tbsp sugar
1 tsp saffron
1 cup pistachios, shells removed
½ cardamom

1. Soak pistachios in water for 3 hours. Wash rice, combine with 2 cups milk and mix. Cook 20-25 minutes until soft.
2. Add saffron, cardamom, sugar and the rest of milk. Cook 10 minutes more until thicken. If pudding seems to be too thick, add some milk or water.
3. Decorate with pistachios and serve hot or cold.