Arbi Ke Patte Ke Pakode
Vegetarian dry preparation from Maharashtra. Made with colocasia leaves, gram flour, amchur. About 220 calories per serving.
Ingredients
Garnish
- Lemon (optional) (garnish) (chopped)
Main
- Sunflower Oil (optional) (whole)
- cumin powder — 0.5 tsp (ground)
- salt (optional) (whole)
- coriander powder — 0.5 tsp (ground)
- Amchur (Whole Dried Green Mango Slices) — 0.5 tsp (whole)
- chaat masala powder (optional) (ground)
- Water (optional) (whole)
- Colocasia Leaves — 10 piece (chopped)
- ginger garlic paste — 2 tsp (ground)
- Gram Flour — 2 cup (ground)
- Red Chilli Powder (Lal Mirch) — 0.5 tsp (ground)
Method
- To begin making the Arbi Ke Patte Ke Pakode, firstly select the softest and youngest leaves for best taste.
- Cut the central stem and remove its hard membranes using a knife.Wash them thoroughly and pat dry with a kitchen towel.
- Set aside.In a bowl, add besan or chickpea flour, salt and red chili powder.
- Also, add coriander powder, amchur, cumin powder and ginger garlic paste.Add little by little water to make a thick paste, and keep stirring to make a lump free batter of dropping consistency.Place a colocasia leaf on a large plate with the glossy and smooth part of the leaf facing downwards.
- Spread the batter generously on the top of the entire leaf.Place another leaf on top of it and repeat the procedure with 5-6 leaves by arranging them one above the other.
- If you have large leaves, you can stop at placing 4 leaves, one after the other.Fold the ends from both sides so as to minimize batter dipping out and start rolling them from one end.
- Keep applying the batter on the inner side of the swirl also.
- Repeat the same for all the leaves.Heat water in a steamer and steam the prepared colocasia leaves for about 15 minutes on high flame.
- The batter is non-sticky after steaming.After cooling to room temperature, cut them into slices using a sharp knife.
- Hot leaves cannot be cut without disheveling and breaking them, hence wait for the steamed leaves to cool completely.Heat oil in a wok or kadai and deep-fry them in batches for a minute on both sides till crisp and brown.Put them on a kitchen tissue towel to absorb excess oil.
- Sprinkle some chat masala on it and serve Serve Arbi Ke Patte Ke Pakode hot with lemon wedges and mint chutney and Ginger Cardamom Chai -Spice Infused Indian Style Milk Tea on a rainy day for a great snack option.
Common questions
- Arbi Ke Patte Ke Pakode ko English mein kya kehte hain?
- अरबी के पत्ते के पकोड़े - अरबी के पत्ते के रोल्स ko English mein Arbi Ke Patte Ke Pakode likhte hain.
- Ek plate Arbi Ke Patte Ke Pakode mein kitni calories hoti hain?
- 115 kcal per plate.
- Kitna time lagta hai?
- 60 min lagta hai — 20 min taiyari, 40 min pakana.