Name: Omana Pola
Prep time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Ingredients: For pancake; 1 cup Plain flour; 1 Egg; Salt (to taste); Water (as required); For filling; 3 Egg; 3 tbsp Sugar; 10 Raisins; 5 Almond; 1/2 tsp Cardamom powder; 2 tbsp Ghee; For shallow frying; 1 Egg; 1 tsp Sugar; Ghee

Omana Pola

By Adeela Shamnas

• September 30, 2017

Omana Pola

Omana pola is a small envelope filled with nutty-eggy sweetness from Malabar cuisine. This sweet nosh from Malabar is a deliciously layered dish of coconut filling inside pancakes that are folded and shallow fried again. It is usually prepared in Ramadan season.

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Prep Time 30

Total Time 30

Cuisine Kerala

Servings people

Ingredients

For pancake
1 cup Plain flour
1 Egg
Salt to taste
Water as required
For filling
3 Egg
3 tbsp Sugar
10 Raisins
5 Almond
1/2 tsp Cardamom powder
2 tbsp Ghee
For shallow frying
1 Egg
1 tsp Sugar
Ghee

Instructions

In a bowl,take plain flour,egg,salt aand enough water and make a thin batter.
Heat ghee in a pan and toss in raisins and chopped almonds.
Add the beaten eggs with sugar and cardamom powder and make a scramble for 3 minutes.
Heat another pan and pour 1 spoon full of batter to make a thin pancake.
Place a small portion of filling in the centre.flod its corners so that it resembles an envelope.
Heat a frying pan on medium flame,dip the envelope in egg mixture and shallow fry in ghee on both sides.
The sweet omana pola is ready.