Paknam

Gram floor Pan Cake

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Paknam

Saturday, January 27, 2024 By : Lukthel /

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Gram floor Pan Cake

6 Ingredients
25 Mins
4 People

The word paknam can be split into two - 'pak' means flat and 'nam' means press. Paknam is famous for its taste and uniqueness. Paknam is a steamed food made of various vegetables, fish or any other meat. A salted pan cake of Manipur usually made from gram floor, chives flavoured with ngari (fermented fish) and wrapped in a turmeric leaf. It's tasty as well as healthy. Eaten as a side dish and street food by the Manipuri people since time immemorial, Paknam also known as Manipuri pizza, is one of the must for Manipuri cuisine lovers.
Here we will make Besan Paknam, gram floor as the main ingredient.

Paknam

Preparation Time
10 minutes

Cook Time
15 minutes

Total Time
25 minutes

Servings
4 servings

Ingredients
6 ingredients

Directions
4 steps

Ingredients

Primary

	2-3 - Turmeric Leaves Take fresh
	4 cups - Besan (Gram floor)
	1/2 cup, chopped - Winter leek
	as required - Salt
	½ a handful - Coriander leaves
	1 tsp - Turmeric powder

Directions

1
Chop all the chives and mix well with turmeric powder.
2
Smash the chopped chives with besan (gram floor) and water, add salt as prefer, and make a shape of rectangular and flat with a thickness of 1 inch approx. Place the smashed mixture on the turmeric leaves and envelope.
3
There are different ways of cooking paaknam, either roast it over a pan or steamed it first and roast it over a pan or backed in an oven. Toaster press can be used instead of using pan. When using oven, steam it for 10-15 minutes.
4
Take out and put on a plate cut into pieces. Now paaknam is ready to serve. Normally Manipuri people used to place it on the surface of rice while cooking and at the end, it's roast over a pan.