PATHOLI

Patholi is one of amchies sweet dish that is prepared on first Shravan month festival NagarPanchami along with Patrovode which is my top most fav dish 😁Patholi are the steamed rice cakes stuffed with coconut jaggery filling and then wrapped in fresh Turmeric leaves. At the time of steaming, you can just enjoy the divine smell. This aromatic herb gives a unique taste to the sweet dish.

Well, its not possible to get Turmeric leaves everywhere, so you can substitute using Banana leaf. But I am sure they will not be as flavourful as the one made with Turmeric leaves😃 So if you want to enjoy the flavour, do grow some turmeric leaves in your garden😀Now coming back with the recipe, there are many types,method of preparing the main batter as some use using Rice flour, or Soaked dosa rice or  addition of grated coconut with the batter etc etc. But here I have used soaked Red rice which resulted in yummy & extra soft patholies. I would say it just melts in our mouth.😋So lets dig into the ingredients. Before that look at my NAGARPANCHAMI special platter :) 

Turmeric leaves 10

INGREDIENTS FOR THE BATTER

1 Cup Red rice soaked for about 6 hours

Pinch of Salt

Water as needed.

METHOD

In a blender, add rice along with salt and grind to a super smooth paste adding very little water. Keep it aside.

INGREDIENTS FOR COCONUT FILLING

1 Cup Grated Coconut

1/2 Cup Jaggery powdered

1 tsp Ghee

Half handful of Kishmish

Pinch of Cardamom powder.

METHOD

Mix all the ingredients together and keep it aside.

Now the batter and filling are ready. So lets start making PATHOLI 😁...

Clean the leaves and patch it dry. Grease them with ghee. Now take little amount of batter and spread a thin layer on leaf. Place the filling in the middle and gently fold the ends and press the edges firmly. Place them on a steamer and steam for about 20 to 25 min under low flame. 

Hot hot Patholi are ready to serve :)

ENJOY!!!

NOTE: If the batter is dry and sticky, then wet your hands and start spreading.