PATOLI

Patoli, a traditional sweet made using Turmeric leaves and coconut jaggery filling, to celebrate the festival of Nag Panchami😊😊.

May Nag devata bless all of us with

happiness, strength and good health.🙏😊

A very Happy Nag Panchami to all of you. 🙏🙏

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For the Filling:

Ingredients:

· Freshly Grated Coconut – 2 cups

· Jaggery – 1 ½ cup (make small chunks)

· Ghee – 3-4 tsp

· Cardamom Powder – ¾ tsp

· Water – ¼ cup

Method:

· In a large kadai add water and the roughly crushed jaggery pieces.

· Keep stirring until it becomes liquid.

· Now add the freshly grated coconut.

· Sauté until coconut turns aromatic.

· Cook until the mixture thickens and dries. You can keep it little moist.

· Add cardamom powder and ghee. Mix it well.

· Turn off the flame and let it cool down completely.

For the outer covering:

· Rice flour – 1 ½ cup (used basmati rice flour)

· Water – 2 ¼ to ½ cups

· Ghee – 2 tsp

· Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp (optional)

· Jaggery – lemon sized

· Salt – ¾ tsp

Method:

· Take a big kadai add water, ghee, jaggery and salt.

· Once it comes to a boil add rice flour and give a good mix.

· Turn off the lid and immediately cover it with a lid.

· After 5-7 minutes transfer it in a big plate.

· Be careful it must be very hot, now knead to form a smooth dough by dipping your hand in water.

· Make a smooth and soft dough.

For making the Pataoli:

· Turmeric leaves – 8-10

· Jaggery mixture filling

· Rice flour dough

· Water to steam

Method:

· Take a medium sized ball from the dough, spread it using your fingers over the leaf.

· Dip your fingers in water to spread the dough.

· Now fill in the jaggery stuffing and fold the leaf.

· You can make spread the dough on 5-6 leaves at a time and fill the jaggery stuffing.

· Now keep your steamer ready and let the water boil.

· Once the water boils, keep the patolli leaves on the tray and steam it for 12-15 minutes.

· Steam until the colour of the leaf changes.

· Turn off the flame, let it rest in the steamer for 3-4 minutes.

· Remove it from the steamer.

· Your Patoli is ready to be enjoyed.