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Surati Coconut Pattice

Spicy tangy savory coconut filling is coated with mild potato layers and deep fried to perfection, one a kind Surati street food that is a must try!
Prep Time30 minutes
Cook Time20 minutes
Course: Appetizer, Side Dish, Snack
Cuisine: Indian
Servings: 30 pattice

Ingredients

Pattice Filling

  • 3 cup Grated Coconut processing fresh coconut in food processor is the easiest
  • 1 cup Mashed Boiled Potato
  • ½ cup Ground Papdi Gathiya can be sub with plain sev or gathiya
  • 1 cup Ground Peanuts shelled and roasted peanuts processed in a food processor
  • 1 tbsp Fennel Seeds
  • 1 tbsp Dry Whole Coriander Seeds
  • 1 tbsp Cumin Seeds
  • 2 inch Ginger Root
  • 12-15 Thai Green Chilis
  • 5 large Fresh Curry Leaves, cut in very small pieces
  • 1 tbsp White Sesame Seeds
  • 4 tbsp Powdered Sugar
  • ½ cup Finely Chopped Fresh Cilantro
  • ½ cup Pomegranate Seeds
  • ¼ cup Golden Raisins
  • ¼ cup Chopped Cashew Nuts
  • 1 tbsp Garam Masala
  • 1 tbsp Salt
  • 2 tbsp Lime Juice

Outside layer

  • 4 xlarge Russet Potatoes
  • 4 tbsp All Purpose Flour
  • 4 tbsp Cornstarch
  • 1 tbsp Salt

Fresh Cilantro Coconut Chutney

  • ¼ cup Greek Yogurt
  • cup Fresh Cilantro
  • 3 Thai Green Chili
  • ½ inch Ginger Root
  • 3 tbsp Water
  • ¼ cup Fresh Grated Coconut
  • ½ tsp Cumin Powder
  • 1 tsp Sugar
  • ½ tsp Salt

Other

  • Avocado Oil or Peanut Oil to deep fry

Instructions

Fresh Cilantro Coconut Chutney

  • Blend everything listed under "Fresh Cilantro Coconut Chutney" to desired consistancy and refrigerate it until ready to use.

Making of filling

  • Grind 1 tbsp of cumin seeds, 1 tbsp of fennel seeds and 1 tbsp of coriander seeds to grainy mix.
  • Mix everything listed under "Pattice Filling" in a big wide bowl. Take small amount in your palm and form a ball. The filling should hold together due to boiled potatoes in the mix, it should not crumble apart. It makes about 30 pattice filling balls. Keep them aside.

Make outside layer dough

  • Mash 4 x-large boiled potatoes to as smooth texture as possible. Using potato masher or potato ricer helps a lot.
  • Add in 1 tsp salt, 4 tbsp of all pourpose flour and 4 tbsp of cornstart to mashed potatoes. Start forming a dough by mixing it all together. It should not get sticky due to flour and cornstarch, rather it should form into smooth dough ball.
  • Form even sized 30 balls from potato dough. Flatten it on your palm as thick or thin you like the outside layer of pattice, it should be bigger than filling ball size so that you can coat the filling ball nicely. Using some cornstarch to prevent sticking.
  • Once flattened, place filling ball in the middle of flatten potato dough ball, and start covering the filling ball with outside layer. Be gentle with this step so that you do not make holes in the outside layer. The filling ball should be fully covered with potato dough, as smooth as possible. once done, lightly dust it with cornstarch and keep it aside.
  • Once all the pattice are formed, heat up frying oil in a frying pan. You can check the temperature of the oil by dropping a small amount of outside potato filling in it. It should start to come up once you drop it in hot oil and start to brown. It if sits at the bottom with not much bulling of the oil means the oil is not hot enough, and if it start to brown super quickly with big bubbles and fumes means the oil is too hot.
  • Deep fry few pattice at a time to avoid over crowding. Turn them frequently to ensure all side are evenly fried with similar color all around the pattice.
  • Once done, serve it with cilantro coconut chutney and maggi tomato ketchup!