Alu patto ki Wadi

Honesty speaking i previously never knew of any other name for these leaves. In India and in Maharashtra specifically it is called as alu ke patte. But through some goggling now i discovered that these are called as Colocasia leaves, thanks to WIKI. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colocasia

These wadi are awesome to taste. However one has to be very careful while selecting the leaves. Always select the ones with black stems, the green stems ones when prepared develop itching in the throat when eaten. So remember choose leaves with black stems only.

Ingredients:

1) Colocasia leaves: 7-8
2) Besan flour: 1/2 tea cup
3) Garlic cloves: 5
4) Ginger: small 1" piece
5) Green chillies: 4
6) Turmeric powder: 1/4 tsp
7) Dhaniya powder: 1/4 tsp
8) Ajwain : 1/4 tsp
9) Sesame seeds: to garnish
10)Oil: 2 tsp to shallow fry.

Method:

1) Wash the leaves in plain water and dry with a soft coth.
2) Grind together the garlic, ginger, green chillies and ajwain into a paste.
3) Add the above paste to the besan flour along with the turmeric powder, dhaniya powder.
4) Now add a little water to the besan flour just to make a thick batter.
5) Place one leaf horizontally and apply the batter evenly and in a thin layer.
6) Similarly repeat for other leaves also.
7) Now the 8 leaves into a group of two, such that place the 4 leaves one above other horizontally. They will stick to each other due to the batter. Now roll and its ready to be steamed. Follow the same for the another 4 leaves. So now we have 2 rolls.
8) Now is the time to steam cook it. In a pressure cooker heat some water and place these rolls in the cooker vessel and place the vessel in the cooker such that the water shouldn't enter.
9) Let them cook on medium flame for about 10 minutes in the cooker without the cooker weight.
10) Once it is cooked remove from the cooker and let it cool.
11) Divide each roll into equal sized slices and on a nonstick griddle shallow fry to golden brown, add sesame seeds randomly on the slice while shallow frying.
12) Serve hot with tomato sauce.