Steamed Spinach Rolls

Name: Steamed Spinach Rolls
Total time: 1200 s
Yield: 2-3 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: Few big spinach leaves, washed and wiped well; 1 cup besan (chickpea flour); to taste salt; 1/4 tsp. turmeric powder; 1 tsp. red chili powder; 1/2 tsp. tamarind paste / 1 tbsp. tamarind pulp; 1 tsp. sugar; 1/2 tsp. carrom seeds; 1 tsp. sesame seeds; 1 tsp. oil

Bethica Das @kitchen_flavours

Sharjah (UAE)

#tech1 - Steamed Spinach Rolls are almost similar to Patra, a very popular Gujarati snack. It is generally made with arbi (colocasia) leaves. But I tried it with some spinach leaves. The batter should be a little chatpata - sweet, sour and spicy. It is quite a healthy snack as it is steamed.

Bethica Das @kitchen_flavours

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Ingredients

20 minutes

2-3 servings

Few big spinach leaves, washed and wiped well
1 cupbesan (chickpea flour)
to tastesalt
1/4 tsp.turmeric powder
1 tsp.red chili powder
1/2 tsp.tamarind paste / 1 tbsp. tamarind pulp
1 tsp.sugar
1/2 tsp.carrom seeds
1 tsp.sesame seeds
1 tsp.oil

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Steps

20 minutes

1

Make a paste with the gram flour and all the other ingredients (except the spinach leaves) with the help of some water. The batter should be thick.
2

Take a spinach leaf and smear the paste over it. Take another and smear some of the paste on it in the same manner. Place it over the first one.
3

Similarly smear the paste on 5-6 leaves and stack them one over the other. Fold them securely. Make similar rolls and steam them on a greased container / plate for 20 minutes.
4

They can be steamed in a pressure cooker too without the vent. When cool, cut them into 1/2 inch slices and have them with kasundi / chutney as a tea time snack.