Prep Time: 04 Hour 30 minutes

Cook Time: 30 minutes

Servings: 3 Servings

Patoli is a traditional dessert made in parts of Karnataka and Konkan, infused with the earthy fragrance of turmeric. A similar dish in Kerala is made on banana leaves and is called ela ada.

When I saw the turmeric plant in my garden I was reminded of this dish and its aroma. It is made with simple ingredients and is full of flavor with the goodness of coconut and jaggery.

Ingredients

• Brown rice: ½ cup
• Fresh coconut: 2 tbsp
• Rock salt: ¼ pinch
• Turmeric leaves/ Banana leaves - for steaming

For the filling

• Fresh Coconut: 1 cup(grated)
• Jaggery: ¾ cup
• Water: 2 tbsp
• Cardamom: 1 no

Method

• Soak brown rice for 4 hours.
• Grind with salt and grated coconut with very little water into a smooth and thick paste.
• In a pan place the filling ingredients and cook well until the jaggery is melted and the mixture comes together and has no extra moisture.
• Cool the filling.
• Wash and wipe the leaves clean and dry.
• Heat water in a steamer.
• Apply the rice paste on the leaves with the back of a spoon or use your fingers.
• Ensure that the paste applied is a thin layer. Refer picture.
• Place the coconut filling on top of the rice paste on one side of the leaf.
• Fold the leaf and press the edges.
• Place the prepared leaves in a steamer and steam on high flame for 10 minutes.
• Your kitchen will be filled by the aroma of fresh turmeric.
• Carefully remove the leaves and separate the dumplings from the leaves.
• Tastes great when warm.

Wellcure Tip:

• If you don’t get turmeric leaves you can still make them with cut banana leaves.
• If the leaves are too big to fit into the steamer you can cut them into halves.
• Thinner the rice paste layer better the final product.
• If you feel the rice paste is too thick and find it difficult to spread, u can mix a few spoons of water.
• Any leftover rice paste can be thinned down to a dosa batter and made into dosas.

Eating guide:

• Food group: grains and nuts
• Easy to combine the two food groups.
• Being dairy-free, refined sugar- free and oil-free it’s a welcome change to the regular sweet dishes.

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