Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: No Cooking Involved

Servings: 2 Servings

Patra/patrode/ Aluvadi is a very common dish in western India made by smearing a spice paste of rice and lentils on taro leaves or arbi ke patte and steamed. It is then tossed in tempering with oil.

Consuming greens in raw form is always a challenge. Now we can have an excellent raw patra, equally delectable made of raw spinach leaves. It’s unbelievably tasty and succulent.

Ingredients

• Spinach Leaves: 8-10
• Raw peanuts: ½ cup
• Green chilli: 1 nos
• Red chilli powder: ½ tsp
• Ginger: 1-inch piece
• Lime juice: 1 tablespoon
• Rock salt: to taste

Method

• Clean spinach leaves and gently wipe them dry.
• Choose big sized leaves.

• Cut the midrib if they are too tough.
• In a blender place all the other ingredients and blend to a thick paste adding little water. Taste the paste and adjust the seasonings.
• Place the leaves together, overlapping in a way to form a sheet-like layer without gaps.

• Smear the peanut paste on the spinach leaves layer. And cover it with another layer of spinach leaves.

• Repeat smearing the peanut paste on the spinach layer and roll the spinach sheets together as tightly as possible to get a neat roll.

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• Use a sharp knife to cut the roll into slices.

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• Serve as starters or as a salad.

Wellcure Tip:

• Tender, but big leaves work best for this recipe.
• Removing the midrib of the leaf makes it easier to roll.

​​​​​​​Eating guide:

• Food group: Greens and legumes
• Peanuts technically belong to the legume family. However, nutritionally as well as for culinary purpose they are considered a nut! Like other nuts, peanuts are a good source of fibre and nutrition.
• They could be combined with other food groups and can be consumed along with cooked meals as well!
• Raw greens are a great source of nutrients.

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