Aaluchi Patal Bhaji (colocassia leaves cooked with peanuts, Split Bengal gram )

Introduction:
Shredded colocassia leaves cooked with peanuts, chana dal and jiggery

Cooking time : 25 Min
Serves : 2 people

Ingredients:

•	Colocassia leaves (arbi ke patte)	8
•	Raw peanuts,soaked	1/2 cup
•	Split Bengal gram (chana dal),scaled	1/2 cup
•	Oil	3 tablespoons
•	Curry leaves	5-6
•	Green chillies,chopped	2-3
•	Salt	to taste
•	Scraped coconut	1/4 cup
•	Cumin seeds	2 teaspoons
•	Gram flour (besan)	2 teaspoons
•	Mustard seeds	1/2 teaspoon
•	Fenugreek seeds (methi dana)	1/4 teaspoon
•	Asafoetida (Hing)	a pinch
•	Jaggery (gur)	3/4 tablespoon
•	Tamarind paste	3/4 tablespoon

Preparation:    

 
1.Trim the stems of colocassia leaves, peel them and chop. Shred the leaves.

2.Heat 2 tbsps oil in a pressure cooker or in pan, add curry leaves, green chillies, peanuts, chana dal, colocassia stems and leaves.

3.Mix well. Add 1 cup water and salt and mix. Close the cooker with the lid and cook under pressure till 2-3 whistles are given out.

4.Grind coconut and cumin seeds with a little water. When the pressure reduces, open the lid and mash contents slightly. Add gram flour and mix.

5.Heat remaining oil in another non-stick pan, add mustard seeds, fenugreek seeds and asafoetida. When the mustard seeds splutter, add the tempering to the mixture in the pressure cooker and mix. Add 1½ cups water and mix.

6.Add jaggery and tamarind paste and mix. Add coconut-cumin paste and mix well. Bring it to a boil. Serve hot with steamed rice.