Colocasia Leaves (Paatra)
Colocasia Leaves (Paatra)

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Colocasia Leaves (Paatra) is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions every day. Colocasia Leaves (Paatra) is something that I have loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.

Colocasia leaves are shown in the Kursi church mosaics as a platform, such as a plate or bowl, for serving of figs to eat. In the Levant, Colocasia has been in use since the time of the Byzantine Empire. The leaves are shown in mosaics from Israel as a platform, such as a plate or bowl, for serving of fruit to eat. · Taro/Colocassia leaves are stacked up rolled into spirals with a spiced chickpea paste, steamed and then fried to make patra or Alu wadi or Arvi Patte ke Roll, a famous Gujarati Farsan. It can be shallow fried with Tadka of cumin seeds and sesame seeds, curry leaves and coriander leaves to garnish.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook colocasia leaves (paatra) using 22 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Colocasia Leaves (Paatra):
  1. Prepare 500 gm colocasia leaves
  2. Prepare 1/4 tsp Baking soda
  3. Take Water
  4. Get For Batter
  5. Prepare 2 cups rice and gram dal corse flour (kanki-korma flour)
  6. Take 1 cup gram flour
  7. Get 2 cup buttermilk
  8. Make ready 2 tbsp green chilli garlic ginger paste
  9. Take Salt as per taste
  10. Prepare 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
  11. Prepare 1/2 tsp red chilli powder
  12. Take 1/4 tsp garam masala
  13. Take 2-3 tsp sugar
  14. Make ready For Tempering
  15. Prepare 4-5 tbsp oil
  16. Get 1 tsp mustard seeds
  17. Get 3 green chillies sliced
  18. Get 4-5 tbsp sesame seeds
  19. Take 1 tsp red chilli powder
  20. Prepare 2-3 tsp sugar
  21. Take 1 tsp lemon juice
  22. Prepare 2-3 tbsp water

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. Depending on the size of the leaves, you get normal paatras or mini paatras. A study showed the effect of aqueous extract of Colocasia esculenta leaves evaluated for antihypertensive and acute diuretic activity in rats.

Steps to make Colocasia Leaves (Paatra):
  1. Clean the colocasia leaves. Take plenty of water add baking soda. Wash the leaves and keep a side.
  2. For batter: in a bowl add flour, buttermilk, dry masala, salt sugar. Mix it all well. It should be thick batter.
  3. Now washed leaves and batter is ready. Clean the kitchen surface. Place the whole leaf apply the batter on leaf. Place the second leaf on it and apply the batter. In same way third leaf apply the batter.
  4. Close the leaf from both side. Apply batter. Roll the batter. Make tight roll.
  5. Put the steamer on stove. Add water on low flame on that place the steamer plate. Purge leaf roll in the steamer plate. Make all roll. Close the lid. Let it steam for 30 min. Check it with toothpick.
  6. Off the stove. Let it cool completely. Cut the roll with thread.
  7. Cut all the pieces ready. Now temper it. Keep pan/ kadhai on medium flame. Add oil, mustard seeds, let crackled. Now add green chillies sliced, sesame seeds. Let crackled too.
  8. Add red chilli powder, sugar, lemon juice, water. Mix it.
  9. Now add pieces of colocasia leaves. Mix it well.
  10. The tempering will coat the all pieces. Toast it for 5 min more and serve with ketchup.

Depending on the size of the leaves, you get normal paatras or mini paatras. A study showed the effect of aqueous extract of Colocasia esculenta leaves evaluated for antihypertensive and acute diuretic activity in rats. High blood pressure can lead to stroke, damaging the brain's blood vessels and blocking blood flow to the brain. It also causes ischemic heart disease. Patra, also known as pataude (पतौड़े) in some regions of India, is a very popular steam cooked snack.

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