Pathra:(Maharashtra Style)
I knew, I was going to try this recipe sooner or later. The recipes for Authentic Alu Wadi / Pathra have been floating around the blogosphere for a while. And I couldn’t wait to try them myself. As soon as I saw these Fresh Yam Greens in the International market, I convinced myself that the recipe shared by many of my beloved bloggers, would never let me down. I bagged them, with confidence:) Well…googled a million times, before tweaking the original recipe to suit my needs. I simply disapproved the idea of besan flour basting(which I could never find here) and turned them into thuvar dal paste. Gosh, was wondering for the whole time, how its gonna turn out…to my surprise it was splendid, divine and it looked like an absolute piece of art. Here you go…
Note: It isn’t complicated as it looks, its easy, and you know…one could get better the each time. If you like bigger fritters, just use more and more layers of leaves.
Ingredients:
Taro Roots Leaves / Yam leaves/ Colocassia Leaves
Besan flour (original recipe) or Thuvar dal paste 1 cup
Salt
Turmeric 1 pinch
Chili powder 1 spoon
Jaggery gooseberry size
Black sesame seeds 1 teaspoon
Asafoetida 1/2 spoon
Tamarind paste 1/2 spoon
Olive oil for pan-frying
Cumin seeds for garnishing.
Method:
Wash and clean the leaves, if you could able to find all even sized leaves, call yourself lucky:)
Well, wet-grind the lentils and add all the above mentioned ingredients to it. Except, you kno…oil, and cumin seeds.
Now, cut the mid-rib, if necessary. Then, smear/baste the above paste over the leaves…arrange them one above the other and continue to do so. Then roll them and set aside. Repeat the same for all the remaining stuff too.
Now steam cook them for about 10 minutes. And cut them into small wadis/pinwheels,perfect.
Shallow fry them for few minutes and add the cumin seeds to the same oil. Voila:)
Pathra is my all time fav.. the leaves are very difficult to find here in US … your looks so yummmmmmm and perfect……. can I have some
very well illustrated. i am drooling here. wish to have some right now..yumm.
Have seen in many blogs, but yet to try..looks awesome..
Dear Malar
Just fished the Asparagus Korma , and here you are witrh my favorite dish. I dare not male it…My daughter brings for me whenever she comes from Mumbai…I feel like eating now..
Have a nice sunday ( mine is almost finished)
Yummy..I like pathra too…looks delish
pathra looks wonderful..i had this once from ready to eat packet ,i liked it so today from u i got this recipe
..thanks for ur research n lovely presentation
Satya
http://www.superyummyrecipes.com
Ive never been lucky enough to find yam leaves around here. I love pathra and yours looks perfect.
I have always loved this Patra …. had to compromise with the frozen ones !! Thanks for this post, I will surely try it. Lovely Post !
Cheers,
Satrupa
I love patra, used to get the frozen one from the store, now I can make it home, thanks to you for sharing your recipe.
Wow! Those look fabulous! I am waiting around to find some good colocasia leaves too! Very nice work!
Dear Friends,
Oh yeah, exactly…its very hard to find these leaves/greens here. I even tried to plant the taro roots along with spuds in my yard last winter…but it never grew:(
I somehow got lucky to spot them at International market…I was so thrilled! Even tho’ the leaves were too small and not so fresh, I was happy to experiment this recipe:)
Never tried at home still…but I like the taste of it…looks nice
Oh! my favorite pathrode….. I have been yearning to savor these delicacies for quite some time now….. I love the way it feels after we have savored them…. You just tickled my taste buds….
Ash….
(http://asha-oceanichope.blogspot.com/)
aah… wadi… long forgotten name. I had it once from Himanshu’s home.
Himanshu is my neighbours boy, now a big youngster though. They are marvadis. Dont know whether it is a marwadi dish but it looks good.
Great!!
oh.. forgot one… here it is !
never tried a recipe like this…….beautiful
sounds interesting and new to me…
Looks delicious.
Thx. for sharing
Ohh i thought Patra is Gujarati dish, never knew there is Maharashtrian version as well.
It is my mom’s favorite dish. Initially i thought we don’t get those here, but one day i noticed them at Indian shop and have been trying my hands on them since.
Malar,
Vadi looks delicious. I am not yet tried. I need to try.
Wow dear, I have had them in the past, but never knew the process or what went in. Thanks for this step by step lovely recipe. Love it.
Looks delicious
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Regards
Oh I love pathrode, very common in Mangalore, used to have them always back in Mangalore…. either in a gravy or just like that, yummy (they use colocassia leaves usually in mangalore)
lovely space you have here…
i know these as ‘Pathrode’… they are fav at home..
cheers,
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