kesuvina (colocasia) pathrode

Kesuvina soppina pathrode is a very delicious food prepared in Karnataka mainly in south and malanadu regions. It can be served as evening snacks or morning breakfast

Ingredients:

1. Colocasia Leaves : 8-10 big
2. Rice : 2 cups
3. Coconut grated: 1 cup
4. Tamarind juice: 1/4 cup thick
5. Cumin seeds: 2 tsp
6. coriander seeds: 2 tsp
7. Pinch of turmeric
8. Red chillies : 4-5
9. oil
10. Jaggery
11. Mustard, urad daal , curry leaves for tempering


Method:

1. wash and soak the rice in water for about  2-3 hours

2. Now take the rice in a mixer jar, add red chilies,coconut,cumin seeds, coriander seeds,turmeric,salt ,tamarind juice and grind it to a smooth paste. Make it like a dosa batter or little thinner is also fine.

3. Now take the colocasia leaves and chop it finely.

4. Mix this finely chopped leaves to the batter you prepared in the step 2 and mix it well.

5. Now take the Idly cooker and put this batter in a Idly tray/ in small plates and cook it like Idly(say for 15 mins)

6. Remove the cooked pathrode batter from the cooker and mash it in the hand put it in a bowl. cook properly so that it should not be sticky.

7. Now take 3 tsp of oil in a  Kadai  and once the oil is heated add mustard and once the mustard seed splutters, add urad daal, curry leaves, and 1 red chilly cut in to pieces.

8. once the Urad daal turns to golden brown, add this Patrode mixture you have made in the step 6 and mix it well.

you can also use methi/cabbage instead of colocasia. if you use methi it is called methi patrode, for cabbage, cabbage pathrode. Leaves can vary according to your taste

Note: When you are using colocasia, use the adequate amount of tamarind and if the tamarind quantity is less it u might feel your tongue itched.