Patra

Here is the most loved snack from Gujarat- Famously known as Patras or colocasia leaves role. The leaves are smeared with gram flour-chili-tomato paste and rolled in are healthy and yummy ingredients in it.

Since fresh colocasia leaves are easily available in the monsoons/summer, it is the perfect time for you to try this hot recipe and enjoy it with your family. It’s healthy, fresh, and could be your easy go-to recipe.

Note down the recipe and try it on your own.

Ingredients that you need:

Arbi/ colocasia leaves — 12(approx)
Gram flour (Besan) — 1&¼ cup
Rice flour — 2 tablespoons
Hot oil — 1 tablespoon
Salt — As per your taste.
Whole dry red chilies — 2to3
Garlic Cloves — 6to7
Yellow mustard seeds — ½ teaspoon
Turmeric powder — 1 teaspoon
Tomato — 1
Water — ¼ cup
Mustard oil — 3 to 4 tablespoon (for shallow fry)

To prepare a masala paste for patra you need to finely grind dry red chillies, garlic cloves,

turmeric powder, and Tomato together until it forms a paste.

Add Besan (Gram flour), rice flour, salt, oil, masala paste and mix it nicely together. Now gradually add ¼ cup of water and mix it to make a thick paste. Make sure the consistency of the mixture is like a smooth spread. This paste adds all the flavours to the dish.

Wash all the leaves and carefully snip out extra veins from the center of the leaves with the help of a knife. You will notice that there are two sides to the leaf, one side is glossy and the other side is dry, so keep the glossy part downwards so that you can apply your batter on the dry part.  

Slowly start applying the batter on the first leaf, then add another leaf of the same or smaller size on top of it. Keep applying batter to each leaf that you add. Repeat the process for 4to5 leaves to form a layer.

Start rolling the leaves and keep applying batter to let it act as glue when you fold it over like a roll. Your role should look like a nice tight cylinder shape.

Once you’re done making 2-3 similar roles, put them into the steamer and cook them for 10-12 minutes on high flame. After that let them cool down on room temperature, and then slice them into thick or thin pieces with a sharp knife.

Heat some oil in a pan, add some mustard seeds, and shallow fry the pieces till they turn brown and crispy from both the sides.

You can add green chilies and white sesame seeds as per your taste.

With this, your traditional Patras are ready to eat. You can enjoy them as evening snacks or even serve them as side dish with lunch or dinner. Try them and share this recipe with your friends and family.

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Colocasia leaves role or Arbi Patta patra -A nice change from the usual leafy vegetables that we make for lunch! Arbi patta or Colocasia leaves is a great summer vegetable that is versatile and can be made as both dry and wet gravy dish.but in this gluten free recipe arbi leaves are rolled in a rice flour,gram flour (besan) batter,steamed and then shallow fried in mustard oil and served as a starter. Recipe ⬇️ Arbi leaves -12 Besan/gram flour-1 1/4cup Rice flour-2tblsp Salt-to taste Hot Oil 1blsp for batter Masala⬇️paste( grind together and make fine paste) Whole dry red chillies 2-3 Garlic cloves 6-7 Yellow mustard seeds 1/2tsp Turmeric powder 1tsp Tomato 1 Water 1/4 cup Mustard oil 3-4 tblsp for shallow fry -Make a thick batter with besan,salt,oil and masala paste. -Place one leaf on a flat surface. The glossy and smooth part facing down,apply the besan batter, Spread the batter generously on top . -Place another leaf on top of it and keep doing this for 4-5 times. Now start rolling them from one end. Keep applying the batter in the inner side also. -Now repeat this with another set of leaves. And keep them ready to be steamed in a steamer or vessel. -Cover and Steam for 10-12 minutes on high flame. -Let them cool,Now cut them into slices using a sharp knife. -In a frying pan shallow fry them in mustard until crisp and brown from both sides. . . #instafood #sharefood #homemade #vegan #glutenfree #foodie #foodnetwork #glutenfreerecipes #veganrecipes #foodchannel #fresh #indianfood #indianfood_lovers #authenticindianfood #vegeterian #arbileaves #colocasialeaves #colocasia #chefstep #indianfoodchef #foodnetwork #foodbloggerfeed #chefsofinstagram #chefstep #picoftheday #photooftheday #foodpicoftheday

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