Banana Lakkottappam. (banana-coconut stuffed pancake)

Using a steamer, cook the bananas for 5 minutes on a medium flame

Take out the banana and let it cool. Remove the black seeds inside the banana

Then mash it with a fork or a spoon.

Heat ghee in a pan and fry cashew nuts and raisins on a low flame

Add grated coconut, sugar and cardamom powder into it and cook for 3 minutes on a low flame

Add cooked and mashed banana into it and mix well. The filling is ready. let cool

To prepare batter, mix flour, egg, turmeric powder and salt in a bowl.

Add water slowly and mix well with a beater or spoon until no lumps are found. The consistency should be of crepe batter

Heat a non stick frying pan and pour a spoonful of batter in the centre, spread with the back of the spoon to a thin round.

Keep on medium flame and cook for 3 minutes. Remove the pancake from the pan.

Place 2 tablespoons of banana coconut filling on the center of the dough.

Fold both the sides and the ends, use little water to glue them. It will be like square shaped box

For sugar syrup: combine all the ingredients mentioned under sugar syrup and oil on Low heat for 2-3 minutes

Discard the cardamom pods

Pour 1 tablespoon full of sugar syrup on the folded lakkottappams each

Serve lakkottappam as a dessert or a evening snack!