Recipe: Tasty Gujarati patra

Gujarati patra. patra it is sweet, spicy and salty—all at the same time. paatra's are also called Gujarati parta. Here, nutritious and tasty colocasia leaves are stuffed with a spicy mixture making a great Gujarati patra farsan. Ingredients of parta are simple, made from colocasia leaves (arbi ke patte), besan, jaggery, green chilli paste and Indian spices.

Though we have here a Gujarati version, there are many other regional versions and name for this amazing healthy snack. It is called alu wadi in Maharashtra. When in season it's a must try dish. You can have Gujarati patra using 17 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Gujarati patra

1. Prepare 8 of arbi leaves/colocasia leaves.
2. You need 2 cup of besan (gram flour).
3. It's 2 tbsp of ginger green chilli paste.
4. You need 1 spoon of fennel seeds.
5. Prepare 1 spoon of red chilli powder.
6. It's 1/2 tsp of turmeric powder.
7. Prepare 1/4 tsp of asafoetida.
8. You need to taste of Salt.
9. You need 2 spoon of lemon juice.
10. Prepare 1 spoon of jaggery.
11. You need as needed of Water.
12. It's of For tempering.
13. It's 2 tbsp of oil.
14. Prepare 1 spoon of mustard seeds.
15. You need 2 spoon of sesame seeds.
16. It's 2 pinch of asafoetida.
17. You need 8-10 of curry leaves.

Patra is a popular Gujarati farsan recipe which is an integral part of Gujarati culture. In this recipe a mixture of besan is applied to Patra leaves and rolls are prepared. These rolls are then steamed and are given a tadka of mustard seeds & sesame seeds. Arbi or colocasia leaf is mostly avail in monsoon season, and patra taste delicious during rainy season.

Gujarati patra instructions

1. First wash, dry and remove bid veins from the leaves.
2. In a bowl add besan,and all the masalas,lemon, jaggery and water -prepare thick paste like batter..
3. Take one leaf and spread batter evenly on it and put second leaf over it on opposite direction -spread batter over it..
4. Now fold from the side angle and apply batter - then start rolling it into roll..
5. Put it into greased perforated plate and steam it into steamer for 15 minutes.when it steamed -take it out and let it cool down..
6. Cut them into 1 cm diameter slice and prepare tempering for it..
7. For tempering heat oil-add sesame,hing,mustard, and curry leaves-when sesame and mustard starts spluttering put patra over it..
8. Let it fry for 1 minutes till then it will get nice brown and crispy layer-then flip the side fry it from another sides too..
9. When it gets crisp from both sides take it out and serve it with tea..

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