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