Patra (Gujarati farsan from Arbi leaves). 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.
Patra is a traditional Gujarati snack (or as we say farsaan) made from arbi/colocasia leaves. This snack has all the flavours in it - sweet, spicy, tangy. The procedure of making patra seems to be a bit lengthy, but it is very interesting and fun to make this delicious snack. You can have Patra (Gujarati farsan from Arbi leaves) using 31 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Patra (Gujarati farsan from Arbi leaves)
- Prepare of Arbi leaves.
- Prepare of For the batter to be applied on Arbi leaves:.
- It's of chick peas flour.
- Prepare of wheat flour.
- You need of rice flour.
- You need of green chillies.
- It's of coriander leaves.
- Prepare of " ginger piece.
- It's of garlic cloves.
- Prepare of coconut.
- Prepare of jaggery dissolved in water.
- It's of white sesame seeds.
- You need of carom seeds.
- It's of turmeric powder.
- You need of garam masala powder (homemade).
- You need of asafoetida.
- Prepare of Salt.
- You need of lemon juice.
- It's of fresh curd.
- It's of oil.
- Prepare of For tempering:.
- You need of oil.
- Prepare of medium sized onion chopped.
- It's of curry leaves.
- You need of chopped green chillies.
- Prepare of mustard seeds.
- It's of cumin seeds.
- You need of asafoetida.
- It's of turmeric powder.
- It's of red chilli powder.
- Prepare of sugar.
Mix all ingredients to a smooth thick batter. Take arbi leaves and remove the thick stalk. Take each leaf spread batter on top place another leaf and repeat the same. Patra is a popular Gujarati farsan recipe which is an integral part of Gujarati culture.
Patra (Gujarati farsan from Arbi leaves) instructions
- In a mixing bowl take the flours. In a mixture jar make a green paste using coriander leaves, green chillies, garlic cloves, ginger and coconut. To make the paste smooth add some water if required. Now add this ready green paste to the flours and all the other ingredients mentioned for the batter also..
- Mix everything properly and make thick batter. Keep this mixture aside for some time. Wash all the Arbi leaves with water and dry them with a cloth. Remove the veins if they are thick..
- Take single Arbi leaf and apply the ready batter on it's surface as shown in the picture. Similarly place two more leaves one above other a little away on the single leaf after applying the batter..
- Now fold both the sides of the leaf in such a way that the touch the centre ofall the leaves. Then fold 1/3rd of the folded part from the above of the leaves. Again apply a little batter on the folded part and roll it tightly. Similarly make the other rolls. Steam these rolls in a steamer for around 15 minutes..
- Once cooled cut the rolls into pieces. In a nonstick pan take oil for tempering. Add cumin and mustard seeds to it and heat it. When mustard seeds crackles add asafoetida, chopped onions, chopped green chillies and curry leaves to it. When the onion becomes pinkish add all the spices to it and mix well..
- Now add the pieces of Arbi leaves rolls to it and cook one side then flip it over and cook the other side..
- Serve the ready Patra with tomato ketchup or green chutney..
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. Patra or Alu Vadi is a famous snack made across Gujarat and Maharashtra out of colocasia leaves (arbi ke patte). In Gujarat it is called Patra whereas in Maharashtra it is referred as Alu or Aloo Vadi Leaves. Patra - Pateria or Alu wadi made from Taro Leaves are stuffed rolled from colocasia leaves snack popular in Gujarati and Maharashtrian cuisine.
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