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    Alle Belle Recipe - Coconut Crepes

    Published: Mar 24, 2013 · Modified: Dec 21, 2022 by Helene Dsouza

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    Colorful coconut crepes prepared with coconut milk, coconut flakes, and sugar cane molasses. You can choose to make these soft and flexible addictive thin pancakes without colors.
    Total Time: 1 hour 10 minutes
    Prep Time: 20 minutes
    Cook Time: 50 minutes
    12 crepes
    4.67 from 3 votes
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    Sweet Coconut Crepes prepared with coconut milk and stuffed with sugar cane molasses and Coconut bits or flakes.

    You can add food coloring too, to change the appearance to a bright colored dessert.

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    These are coconut crepes which are a common sweet delicacy in Goan homes. They are also known as Alle belle.

    The specialty of these stuffed coconut rolled pancake crepes, is the smooth elastic and soft texture. Also the filling matters a lot here.

    Fresh coconut pieces mixed with sugar cane molasses or coconut molasses is used as a filling in the crepes.

    Freshly used ingredients make this dessert a special food memory. I remember how lucky I felt to have discovered this pancake treat.

    These Goan coocnut crepes are known in the UK as well beause of their endless popularity.

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    You can color some of the pastry or even all of it.

    Often while the coconut crepes are colored red and green but we have even seen yellow variations and mine turned somehow pink.

    These coconut pancakes are special because they are cooked only for a short time and the pan is covered during the cooking process.

    That way the rolled pancakes are equally well cooked and remain soft and elastic.

    The crepes are smooth and the thinner you fry them the better!

    It requires a bit of practice but the work is absolutely worth it.

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    Coconut Crepes with Sugar Cane Molasses filling Recipe

    Colorful coconut crepes prepared with coconut milk, coconut flakes, and sugar cane molasses. You can choose to make these soft and flexible addictive thin pancakes without colors.
    4.67 from 3 votes
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    Course: Dessert
    Cuisine: Goan
    coconut crepes, coconut pancakes
    Prep Time: 20 minutes
    Cook Time: 50 minutes
    Total Time: 1 hour 10 minutes
    Servings: 12 crepes
    Calories: 176kcal
    Recipe by: Helene Dsouza

    Ingredients

    • 1 cup All Purpose Flour
    • ¼ Teaspoon Baking Powder
    • pinch Salt
    • 1 Egg
    • 2 Tablespoon Butter melted
    • 1 cup Coconut milk
    • few drops Vanilla Extract
    • food coloring
    • Oil

    For the Filling:

    • 1 cup Coconut Raw Freshly Shredded
    • 1 cup Jaggery
    US - Metric

    Instructions

    • Add the dry ingredients (Flour, Baking Powder and Salt) into a mixing bowl and combine quickly, then make a well into the center and add in the Egg, melted Butter, Coconut milk and Vanilla Essence. 
    • Mix the whole content to a smooth liquid pastry.
    • At his point, you can make 3 equal batches of the 1 base and leave one plain... 
    • ..and color the 2 others with some green food coloring and red/pink.
    • Mix and crumble the suggar cane into the coconut flakes.
    • Heat up a pan, and add about one ladl of pastry. 
    • The pancakes should be very thin so try to spread the pastry as good as possible by turning the pan before it starts to harden. 
    • Cover the pan and allow it to cook for 1-2 minutes. Take it off the heat (only cook on one side!) and repeat the process with the rest of the noncolored and colored pastry.
    • Place the pancake on a surface, cooked surface down and uncooked up. Add about 1 Tablespoon of filling onto it. 
    • Now fold in a bit of the sides and slowly start to roll it up as shown.
    • Repeat the process with the rest of the cooked pancakes and the remaining filling.
    • Serve still warm or cold.

    Nutrition

    Nutrition Facts
    Coconut Crepes with Sugar Cane Molasses filling Recipe
    Amount Per Serving
    Calories 176 Calories from Fat 63
    % Daily Value*
    Fat 7g11%
    Saturated Fat 5g25%
    Cholesterol 18mg6%
    Sodium 24mg1%
    Potassium 63mg2%
    Carbohydrates 27g9%
    Fiber 1g4%
    Sugar 17g19%
    Protein 2g4%
    Vitamin A 80IU2%
    Vitamin C 0.1mg0%
    Calcium 17mg2%
    Iron 0.8mg4%
    * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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