How to make patrodhe

Patrodhe(Patre) is a food article eaten as a type of snack in kullu. It is made from Colcossia leaves(Arbi ke patte). The recipe is:
Ingredients:(Quantities in recipe)
1. Colcossia leaves
2. Salt to taste
3. Gram flour
4. Turmeric powder
5. Red chili powder
6. Mustard oil
7. Ajwain(Bishops weed)
8. Water
9. Dry Coriander
10. Cumin seeds

Recipe:

1. For 5 Colcossia leaves Take a bowl and add 1 cup gram flour, 1/2 teaspoon(turmeric powder, Red chili powder, Ajwain, Cumin seeds, Dry coriander), Salt to taste and 2 teaspoons mustard oil to it.

2. Now add water to the mixture and make a thick batter.

3. Wash the colcassia leaves. Keep the soft portion of the leaf below and face the thick portion

4. One by one put the batter and spread it uniformly over the leaves.

5. Keep the leaves one above another and make a stiff combined role of them(Read the proper way to roll below)

6. Cover the role with thread so as to make it permanently tight.

7. Cook it in a steamer for 15 minutes.

8. Check the roll if it is cooked by piercing a knife and ensuring the knife when removed is clean. If it is not well cooked ,cook it for another 5  minutes.

9. Cut the roll diagonally.

10. In a pan take enough mustard oil to shallow fry the patra from both sides until it turns crispy.

11. Patrodhe(Patre) are ready, serve with green chutney.

Folding the patra.

1. Take the pile of leaves.

2. Fold the 2 long parts of the leaves with size 1/3rd of the whole leaf as to form 2 parallel long sides.

3. From any shorter edge fold the roll with the already folden parts of the leaves under it.

4. The roll is ready, continue the recipe from the 6th step now.

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