Cabbage Patrode

                                                                             

Cabbage Patrode

Patrode is a very popular dish of Dakshina Kannada.It is normally made with colacasia leaves. However it can also be made with, cabbage, malabar spinach or methi leaves. This dish can be served as breakfast or as evening snack.

Ingredients:(Serves four people)
2 cups rice
1 spoon methi seeds
1 cup fresh  grated coconut
1 tea spoon coriander seeds
1 tea spoon jeera
1 lemon size tamarind
1 table spoon jaggery
7-8 red chilies
2 cups shredded cabbage
2 table spoon oil
1 spoon mustard
1 spoon urad dal
2 strand curry leaves
1  tea spoon haldi
2 table spoon fresh grated coconut for garnishing.
Salt to taste

Preparation:
1. Soak rice along with methi seeds for four hours
2. Grind the soaked rice and methi along with coriander seeds, jeera, red chilies, 1 cup fresh grated coconut, salt, jaggery, tamarind to a fine paste adding water.The ground mixture should be of dosa consistency.
3. Mix the shredded cabbage and haldi  to this ground mixture.
4. Cook the ground mixture in a cooker for three whistles.
5. Cool and gently powder the cooked mixture using hands to break any lumps.
6. Heat oil in a pan , add mustard, curry leaves, urad dal.
7. When mustard splits add the cooked mixture and mix well on a low flame for two minutes.
8 Put off flame and garnish with fresh grated coconut.