Haldichya Panatle Kakdiche Patole

Ingredients

• 1 cup Grated Cucumber (kakdi)
• 1 cup Jaggery
• 1 tbsp Ghee
• 2 cups Rice Flour
• 6-7 nos Turmeric Leaves (Haldiche Pan)
• Salt to taste

Procedure

1. Remove excess water from grated cucumber.
2. Take a shallow bottom pan and heat ghee, add cucumber in it and stir.
3. Add jaggery and mix it well with cucumber such that jaggery melts (do not overheat jaggery).
4. Remove it from over the gas and add rice flour slowly mixing it well with the hot mixture taking care that lumps are not formed, add a pinch or two of salt to the mixture and mix well.
5. Wash turmeric leaves and clean them -- grease a half of leaf from the inner side.
6. Apply the mixture on the leaf and spread it over the half greased leaf (thick layer).
7. Fold the leaf only to cover the mixture and put it in a steamer for 20-25 mins. Do the same for remaining leaves.
8. Unfold the leaves wen ready to serve, separate the spread "Patole" on a fresh turmeric leaf and serve hot topped with ghee.
9. Patole gets a unique essence, design and color from the turmeric leaf so no need to add external essence and color.

Tips

• If baking in Microwave then DONT remove excess water from cucumber.
• Can also add cardamom and nutmeg powder and/or Kesar(saffron) to the mixture which gives a different taste.