Arbi (Colocasia) Leaf Crunchy Rolls

Hi friends, I am sure you must have heard of Colocasia Or Arbi plant.Generally we make vegetable out of the Roots of the Arbi plant.But its leaves are equally delicious and can be used to make exotic dishes.Today I am presenting Crunchy Rolls, a delicious snack item made out of Arbi leaves.

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ingredients-

Colocasia or Arbi Leaves –20,medium sized,washed nicely

Gramflour ( besan) – 1 cup

Cumin powder- 2 tablespoons

Red chilli powder-1 teaspoon

Garlic paste-1 tablespoon

Salt – 1 teaspoon or according to taste

Water for making batter, and for steaming

Oil for shallow frying

 Method-

        Take gramflour,put in cumin powder,red chilli powder, garlic paste and salt into it. Make a very thick batter with little water. Now take an Arbi leaf and spread some besan batter evenly over it.Now place a second leaf over the first one,and again spread besan batter over it. Like this,put 5 leaves ,one atop the other,after spreading besan on each layer. Now fold the leaves together into a roll.Tie the roll with a thread to keep it folded. Similarly prepare other rolls with the remaining leaves.Now boil water in a vessel and place a metal sieve over it.Carefully place the tied rolls into the sieve and steam them for 5 mins. Now take them out and place in a plate ,to cool.Remove the threads used for tying the rolls.Then cut the rolls into small roundels.

            

 

  Now put the cut roundels in a pan on stove.Brush the roundels with oil and and shallow fry them on both sides,on medium heat,for 5 minutes.

             Serve hot with ketchup…

 

   Alternatively,you can make a normal curry gravy ,and put these shallow fried roundels into the gravy. Serve hot with chapatties.