Pathrade/ Patra ( Stuffed Together With Layered Colocasia Leaves); Diabetes Friendly Thursday.

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Rakshabandhan is a Hindu festival celebrated inwards India, celebrating the honey betwixt siblings. Sisters necktie a exceptional thread ( wristband) to their brother's wrist together with pray for the brother's wellness together with happiness. The brothers in-turn give the sis a gift together with besides hope to ever look-out for them. This festival is celebrated amongst much pomp dorsum home. To celebrate this occasion, Team DFT has decided to percentage good for you lot recipes that is their sibling's favorite. My contribution is a traditional konkani dish, Pathrade which happens to survive my brother's favorite! Team DFT is besides celebrating Onam which is a harvest festival celebrated inwards the southern acre of Kerala inwards India.

As a rule, my blood brother does non assist for vegetables or vegetarian dishes. But, when it comes to Pathrade, he makes an exception. He enjoys it. These are made using Colocasia leaves. Colocasia leaves are besides known every bit Taro leaves or Elephant ears. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 spicy batter made amongst mung-beans, rice together with kokosnoot is smeared over the dorsum of the foliage to encompass it completely together with and thence many such leaves are layered on top of each other which is together with thence rolled together with steamed. The steamed curl is together with thence sliced drizzled lightly amongst kokosnoot petroleum together with served. This is a truthful traditional konkani ( Amchi) recipe that is delicious together with healthy.It is a speciality of the konkani people living inwards the coastal areas of Karnataka.The people living inwards the remainder of the konkan part of Bharat brand something similar called Aluwadi which is nonetheless fried.

Servings: 4-6 ( Serving size: ii slices per person).

Ingredients:

Colocasia leaves: 14-16 leaves
Mung beans : 1 cup
Raw rice: 1/2 cup
Freshly grated coconut: 1 cup
Red chillies: 4-6
Tamarind: 1 marble sized piece
Asofoetida ( hing): a pinch
Salt : to taste
Water: half dozen cups+ 1/2 cup+1/2 cup+ iv cups

Pan frying the slices ( optional):
Coconut oil: 1 tsp
Mustard seeds: 1 tsp
Curry leaves: 1 sprig

Method:

Rinse the mung beans together with rice thoroughly together with soak them together inwards half dozen cups H2O for 4-5 hours.

Grind together freshly grated coconut, cherry chillies, tamarind together with hing amongst 1/2 loving cup H2O to a fine paste. Take it inwards a bowl together with continue aside.

Grind the soaked mung beans together with rice to a fine glue adding H2O every bit needed. Add this to the inwards a higher identify bowl. Add tabular array salt together with mix well. Now the batter for the Pathrade is ready.

Wash the Colocasia leaves thoroughly together with wipe them dry out amongst a rag or newspaper towels.

Note: these leaves inwards the motion-picture exhibit are collard greens together with non colocasia leaves.

Using a knife, gently but thoroughly take the thick veins introduce at the dorsum of the leaf.

This is of import thence that the leaves tin survive layered apartment together with thence that they don't itch upon eating.
Do this to all the leaves.

Layering:

Arrange i large foliage showtime brilliant side down( upside down) on a build clean surface. Apply a layer of the batter on the dorsum of the leaf.

Now accommodate some other large foliage or a few modest leaves on top of this layer together with repeat the process. Do this until you lot get got 4-5 layers.

Fold the sides of the leaves inwards. Apply some other layer of batter on the folded portion.

Now starting from the bottom of the foliage curl it tightly upwards to the top.

Keep aside.

In an idli steamer or pressure level pan, boil H2O amongst the steamer tray.

Once the H2O begins to boil, identify the rolled Pathrade seam side downward on the steamer tray . Cover together with educate on medium open fire for thirty minutes or until tender.

Once cooked, accept a curl out together with slide it into 1.5-2 cms thick slices.

Serve hot amongst 1/4 tsp kokosnoot petroleum on top.

Alternatively, the slices tin survive lightly pan fried together with served.

Pan-frying the slices ( optional):

Heat 1 tsp kokosnoot petroleum on a skillet/griddle.

Add 1 tsp mustard seeds. Once the mustard seeds crackle, add together curry leaves.

Now identify the Pathrade slices inwards a unmarried layer together with allow it educate until it is slightly golden brown, some 4-5 minutes on depression flame.

Flip them together with educate them from the other side.

Serve hot.

Cooking made easy:

One of the perils of eating Colocasia leaves is that they powerfulness brand the within of the oral cavity itch. This tin survive successfully prevented past times ensuring that the veins of the leaves are removed thoroughly, using adequate amount of tamarind patch grinding together with cooking the Pathrade thoroughly.

Outside of India, at times Colocasia leaves powerfulness survive difficult to find. Under these circumstances, these leaves tin survive substituted amongst collard leaves, Swiss chard or spinach.

collard greens

I get got institute that collards brand the best substitute due to the similar texture of the leaves together with the cooking time.

The bonus is that collard leaves practice non itch!!!

Footnotes( tip for good for you lot living):

We are all aware of the benefits of eating greens regularly. The most of import i beingness the soluble together with insoluble dietary fiber that maintains the wellness of the gut past times preventing constipation. It besides adds mass to the repast thereby making us experience total early on together with preventing over-eating. Dietary fiber besides gives the nutrient a lower GI index thereby preventing blood carbohydrate spikes. Greens are a corking beginning of diverse essential vitamins similar vitamin Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 & C , poly peptide together with minerals similar calcium. They are rich inwards immunity supporting phytonutrients.

References:

http://www.livestrong.com/article/407586-nutritional-benefits-of-taro/
http://www.healthbenefitstimes.com/health-benefits-of-taro/
http://www.nutrition-and-you.com/taro.html

Disclaimer:I am non a nutritionist or dietitian. My cognition together with data is based on my query and reading from dissimilar resources. Please consult your doc or dietitian before making any changes to your diet.

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