Manjal Eere tha Adye( Sweet/NonSweet turmeric leaf block)

About the dish: This is a sweet food item made in Kudla( Mangalore) during Nagarpanchami using turmeric leaf. Turmeric leaf adds a very good taste to this food. Since variety of useful leaves are found in Mangalore, most of the healthy food items are made using the leaves.
The same item can be done on banana leaf, if this turmeric leaf is not found. This leaf can be found only during rainy season.All that you need to start this recipe is to get any one of these leaves and the idli vessel or vessel that can generate steam.
This can be taken for the breakfast or for tea time during evening.
Cooking time is just an hour.
For those who don't like sweet, there is also an method to make non sweet dish, in the similar way.

Ingredients :
1.Rice- ( Boiled rice- or Mangalore rice). Note: You can also use white rice, but the sweet might be a bit hard.( 1/4 Kg)
2. Grated coconut- ( 1 coconut)
3. Grated jaggery- (100gm)
4. Cardamom - ( as required)
5. Turmeric leaf/ Banana leaf- ( 10 to 15 as required)- Find the image below

Method of Preparation:
1. Clean and soak rice in water for half a day. This is to make it easier to grind.The more u soak, the faster will be the grinding process. Clean the leaves and wipe it in a clean cloth.

2. Grind the rice, to a hard thick paste, without adding water. Find the image below

3. Keep some water in the idli vessel and keep it on medium flame. In the mean time, you can start applying the rice paste on the leaf, by making small balls.
4. Apply the rice paste as thin as possible for better results.

5. Mix grated coconut, grated jaggery and cardamom.

6. Spread this mixture(half of the leaf area) on the rice paste.

7. Fold this leaf and place in the idli vessel which is already kept on flame.

8. Boil it for half an hour or you can open and check if the food is cooked.

9. For non sweet dish, the procedure is the same, except avoid adding the coconut& and jaggery mixture.
10. Finally it is ready. You need to remove the leaf and eat it. The leaf adds good aroma to the food.

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