ABOUT Gujrati Paatra RECIPE

These patras are made from colocassia leaves smeared with spicy gram flour paste.The patra rolls can be steamed and kept ready beforehand.When your guests arrive or you want to eat,you can temper or fry and serve hot with ketchup,green chutney or as it is.

Ingredients Serving: 5

Colocasia leaves-25-30
Gram flour/Besan-2 cups
Tamarind plup-2 tablespoon
Jaggery-1/2 cup
Ginger chilli paste-1 tablespoon
Turmeric-1/2 teaspoon
Red chilli powder-1 teaspoon
Coriander cumin powder-1 teaspon
Garam masala-1/2 teaspoon
For tempering:-
Mustard seeds-2 teaspoon
Sesame seeds-2 teaspoon
Green chillies-2
Curry leaves- 3 sprigs
Oil-1 tablespoon
Coriander for garnishing

Instructions

Wash and dry all the leaves.Keep it upside down and slowly cut the thick part of the stem.Prepare all leaves similarly.
Take besan in a bowl and add ginger garlic paste,tamarind pulp,jaggery,salt,tumeric powder,chilli powder,coriander powder and garam masala powder.
Whisk and mix everything to form a smooth batter.
Take one big leaf and apply besan paste all over.
Now take another leaf and keep it opposite to the previous leaf.The top pointed part of first leaf and bottom broad part of second leaf should be one above the other.Apply besan paste again.
Similarly place all leaves opposite to the previous one and keep applying the besan paste.
You can keep 5 to 6 leaves one above the other
Now fold little from both sides and seal by applying besan paste
Roll tightly from top part to bottom
Keep it in a plate
Now prepare a steamer and keep all the rolls on the sieve
After the rolls are cooked,let it cool and then cut each roll into half inch pieces
Take oil for tempering
Add mustard sees,curry leaves,sesame seeds and green chilli pieces
Saute for 30 seconds
Add all paatra pieces to it and mix lightly till it is well coated.
Toss lightly till patraa is slightly brown and crispy.Alternately fry Patraa .Gujrati Paatra is ready to serve.

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