The healthy crepes recipe you've been looking for

If you have a sweet tooth that's always at war with your brain, this crepe recipe is your answer. Skipping sugar and flour and using healthy alternatives like jaggery, dates, and pulses, these Palm Jaggery Crepes With Fresh Coconut And Date Syrup are probably one of the healthiest dessert options.

Ideal for a quick indulgence, Sunday breakfast or even a late night snack, these crepes are healthy and delicious.

Palm Jaggery Crepes With Fresh Coconut And Date Syrup

Ingredients
Boiled rice: 4 cups
Urad dal: 1 cup
Palm jaggery (powdered): 1 cup
Fresh coconut (grated): 1/2 cup
Cardamoms (powdered): 2
Yeast: 1 tbsp
Oil (to grease)
Salt: To taste)
Date syrup: 50 ml

Method
- Wash and soak rice and urad dal separately for 4 hours.
- Grind to form a smooth batter and then mix them well along with salt and yeast.
- Allow the batter to ferment for 6-8 hours or overnight.
- Add powder jaggery to 1/2 cup water and bring it to a boil.
- Filter and allow it to cool completely.
- Add this mixture to the fermented batter.
- Add grated coconut and cardamom powder to the batter and mix well.
- Heat a greased pan and pour a ladleful of batter and spread it out.
- Cover and cook for 2-3 minutes.
- Remove the crepes and repeat the same procedure for the remaining batter.
- Roll n serve hot with date syrup.

(Recipe: Chef Prem K Pogakula, Executive Chef, The Imperial, New Delhi)