Gujarati Patra Recipe | Colocasia Leaves Fritters | Gujarati Most Popular Farsan

Gujarati Patra Recipe | Colocasia Leaves Fritters | Gujarati Most Popular Farsan

You Know About Patra?

Patra is very famous gujarati farsan made with colocasia leaves and gram flour.This snack has blast of flavours like  - sweet, spicy, tangy.I would make this for morning snack with tea or juice.If you have a gujarati friends or a gujarati colleague, you would have definitely heard of patra, khakhra, khaman and many more for these delicious dishes! colocasia are mostly available during monsoon season so , i am sure you nust be curious to learn this recipe.So, here you go with same...

Ingredients:

• Large patra Leaves (colocasia leaves) - 5 to 10
• Tamarid chutney - 1/4 cup
• Gram flour (besan) - 1 cup
• chili powder - 1 tbsp
• turmeric powder - 1/2 tbsp
• Crushed cumin seeds - 1 tbsp
• powder sugar - 3 tbsp
• oil - 2 tbsp
• Salt to taste

For seasoning:

• Oil - tbsp
• Cumin seeds - 1/2 tbsp
• Mustard seeds - 1/2 tbsp
• Sesame seeds - 1 tbsp
• Coriander leaves finely chopped - 1 tbsp

Instructions:

• Clean, wash and wipe leaves. Remove thick veins with slanted knife or regular knife.
• Roll lightly with a rolling pin. keep aside.
• Mix all ingredients (not those for seasoning).
• The mixture should be a thick paste.
• Place a leaf backside up on a flat work surface.
• Take a little paste and apply thinly all over leaf surface and repeat same as all.
• Get a set of 3-4 layered leaves, top layer being that of paste.
• Fold in edges and roll the leaves, staring with their base towards tip.
• Make the roll tight and seal sides with some paste.
• Place in the perforated vessel of double boiler or steam cooker.
• Repeat for all the leaves and paste.
• Steam in the cooker for 30 to 40 minutes tilll cooked.
• Cool and remove, cut into 1/2" thick slices.
• Well season as follows.
• Heat oil, add seeds, allow to splutter. Add sesame and coriander. 
• Check and adjust salt, chilli and sugar as desired.
• Mix well and serve hot or cold of your choice.

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Gujarati Thepla And Aloo Sabzi

 Gujarati Thepla And Aloo Sabzi

About Methi Thepla 

Methi thepla is very famous gujarati dish. If you have travel with group of gujaratis family or friends, you would know their khakhra, ghathiya, theplas, dhokla! My best buddy, tell me, when did you post thepla's blog? So i post this blog to my friend favorite food and also spread gujarati food.

About Aloo Sabzi

Aloo sabzi is also all time popular sabzi recipe made with diced potatoes and its also best combination with thepla. Generally Its very simple but delicious sabzi prepared in every indian household. In every indian state different types of made aloo sabzi like curries without curries etc.

Ingredients (Thepla)

• Wheat flour - 1 cup                            
• Red chili powder - 1 tbsp                    
• Turmeric powder - 1 tbsp                    
• Asafoetida - 1/2 tbsp                          
• Cumin seeds - 1 tbsp                          
• Sesame seeds - 1 tbsp                        
• Oil - 2 tbsp                                         
• Salt to taste                                                                                                                

Instructions (Thepla) 

• Mix all dry dough ingredients in bowl.
• Use little water and knead soft dough.
• Divide dough into 9-10 small balls.
• Sprinkle flour over chapati while rolling for ease.
• Place on hot griddle, roast and oil to shallow fry.
• Repeat for other side. Repeat for remaining dough.
• Serve hot with Aloo sabzi or chutney, yougurt, pickle. 

Ingredients (Aloo Sabzi)

• 3 to 4 medium size potato
• Oil - 4 tbsp
• Mustard seeds - 1 tbsp  
• Cumin seeds - 1 tbsp
• Turmeric powder - 1 tbsp          
• Coriander powder - 1 tbsp
• Salt to taste
• Green chili 2 - sliced 
• Onion - 1/2 cup (optional)
• Ginger Garlic Paste (Optional)

Instructions (Aloo Sabzi)

• Boil potatoes with some salt with enough water in pressure cooker.
• Potatoes have to be cooked till tender, peel the potatoes when they are cooled and after that crumble or chop them.
• In large pan or non-stick wok, heat the oil.
• Add asafoetida, cumin seeds and mustard seeds. once the seeds splutter, add chopped onion and saute for 2 to 3 minutes.
• Add green chili sliced, coriander powder, cumin powder, red chili powder, turmeric powder, salt to taste and saute for 1 minute.
• Immediately, throw in crumble potatoes, stirring gentle to coat with spices.
• Cook 4 - 5 minutes on a low flame.
• Switch off the fire and add lemon juice and mix well.
• Garnish with fresh coriander leaves and serve hot aloo sabzi with thepla or poori.  

"You Gujarati people are so cute but why is your food so dangerous dokla, fafda, handva, thepla. it sound like they are missiles." - kareena kapoor (3 idiots)

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Street Style Veg Fried Rice

Street Style Veg Fried Rice

Delicious Fried Rice

Vegetable fried rice is popular indo-chinese recipe. Veg fried rice is a chinese style of rich is fried with vegetables in chinese sauces. This is very simple and easy way to making quick rice and also a vegan, gluten-free and nut free recipe. 

No particular rules or use to fixed veggies. We can use any of vegetables like spring onion, carrots, capsicum, peas, french beans, cabbage or any available in your kitchen you can use it.

Prepration Time	Serve
30 minutes	3-4

Ingredients :

• 2 cups cooked basmati rice(long grain)
• 2 tbsp oil
• 1 tbsp ginger garlic paste
• 1 tbsp soya sauce
• salt to taste
• 1/2 cup carrots
• 1/2 cup french beans
• 1/2 cup cabbage
• 1/2 cup green peas
• 1/2 cup capsicum
• 1/2 cup spring onions

Instructions :

• In a pan or wok, add oil and heat it.
• Once heat oil add ginger garlic paste and chopped onions mix well.
• After that add finely chopped veggies like carrots, cabbage, green peas, capsicum and saute for few minutes.
• Add cooked basmati rice and mix well.
• Add salt, white black pepper powder and soya sauce mix well and saute for few minutes.
• Finally the garnish with some spring onions and serve veg fried rice hot in bowl or plate of your choice.

"I like rice. Rice is great if you hungry and want 2000 of someting." - Mitch Hedberg

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Kesar Shrikhand

KESAR SHRIKHAND

Shrikhand is a thick creamy and delicous traditional indian sweet made with thick strained yogurt, powder sugar, almonds and cardamoms.
Its very popular in indian states of maharashtra, gujarat. 

Also both states weddings, shrikhand is served in thali meal. Its also goes well with poori. 

Benifits Of Curd :

• Healthy digestion
• Improves immunity
• Helps in weight reduction
• Healthy and beautiful skin
• Reduces high blood pressure
• it can even eliminate dandruff

Prepration Time	Serve
45 minutes	4-6

Ingredients :

• Thick curd - 1 kg
• Powder sugar - 3/4 cup
• A few strands saffron
• Milk - 1 tbsp
• Cardamom powder (elaichi) - 3
• Dry fruits (Any available)

Instructions :

• Hang the yogurt(curd) in muslin cloth in cool place for approximately 6 to 7 hours until there is no water left in the yogurt.
• Take a bowl, transfer all the thick strained yogurt(curd) into the bowl and beat the yogurt(curd) without any lumps.
• Add saffron into warm milk untill it dissolves.
• Mixwell toghether the hung curd, powder sugar, saffron milk and cardomom in bowl and mix using hand blender.
• Now place in refrigerator.
• Finally serve cold garnished with some sliced dry fruits.

"I am not vegetarian! I'm a dessertarian!" - Bill Watterson

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