Patishapta is a staple during the winter harvest season in my home state of West Bengal in India. The entire state celebrates the harvest by cooking a variety of dishes that showcase the season's bounty. One of the ways in which we celebrate is by making lots of sweet dishes using the freshly harvested date palm jaggery. Every home whips up lots of these desserts and then follows a round of visiting friends and family and sharing and exchanging of these sweets. You get to eat a LOT of good food during this time! <br />Since I didn't have access to this fresh jaggery, I came up with the idea of making the date syrup, which is probably its closest substitute. Making the soft crepe blanketed around the aromatic coconut filling and drizzled with the warm syrup is a wonderful way for me to keep the celebration alive, even though I am far, far away from home!

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