Patradye

About the Dish:

This dish is made with the leaf which grows during monsoon season. Our hands tend to itch, while cutting these. But the taste of this is very good. Preparation time is more, but its ok since we don't get to eat this whenever we want. So out of all the hard work we get a very nutritious food to eat.

Ingredients:

1. Thev Leaves(10nos) as shown below.

2.Rice - 1/2 Kg

3. Urad dal- 50gm

4.Green gram- 50gm

5.Tamrind

6.Red chilli

7.Salt

8.Banana leaf for applying the paste

For the masala:

1. Coriander seeds- 1 tbsp

2. Cumin seeds- 1/2 tbsp

3. Grated coconut

4. Red chilli

5.Garlic

6 Turmeric - For quantities see below

7.Onion

Method of Preparation:

1. Wash the leaves with water and cut the leaves finely. Note : Your hands will start itiching while cutting the leaves.

2. Soak rice, urad dal and green gram in water for about 4 hrs and grind to a thick paste as shown below. 3.After some time add tamrind, red chillies and salt while grinding.
4.Add the cut leaves after this while grinding.
5. Remove this paste from the grinder as shown below and add grated coconut and keep aside

6. Make small  balls of this paste and apply this on a banana leaf.

7. Keep the idli vessel as it is done for idli. We need to cook this in steam.

8. Fold the banana leaf and keep it inside the idli vessel once the steam is generated. Keep this for some time till it is cooked.

6. Now for the masala:
 Grind coriander seeds, red chill, onion, coconut, cumin seeds as shown below.

7. Keep this masala for boiling. While it is boiling add some more onion.
8. Once the adye is cooked in the idli vessel, remove the banana leaf and cut it into pieces and add it to the masala kept for boiling.
9. Cook till it starts boiling.
10. Finally add thadka with onion and garlic.