Paturi is the process of cooking egg/fish/prawn in mustard sauce in a banana or plantain leaf wrap. So try this delicate cooking method for your lunch.
Dimer Paturi
Ingredients
- 4 hard-boiled eggs
- 2 medium-sized potato boiled and peeled
- 1 medium red onion sliced
- 1 tsp. yellow mustard seeds
- 1 tsp. black mustard seeds
- 1 clove garlic
- 4, 5 hot green chillies
- Few cilantro chopped
- 2, 3 tbsp. mustard oil
- Salt to taste
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Method
- First, the marinade has to be made. Make a wet paste of mustard seeds with 2 green chillies and garlic. Add a tsp. of turmeric powder to it.
- Now remove the shell of the boiled eggs and cut them into quarters.
- In a separate plate take the boiled potatoes and mash them. To it add sliced onions, cilantro and the pieces of eggs.
- Pour the marinade over it along with some salt. Mix them gently using hands instead of spoons. Let it rest for 15 minutes.
- By this time season the banana leaf for wrapping. Wash it under running water and wipe it dry.
- Now turn the heat on and just swipe it over the flame. This will make the banana leaf more pliable so that it won’t tear when you try to fold it.
- Alternatively, you can dip the leaves under hot water to make them soft.
- Now take two rectangular pieces of banana leaf and place the marinated egg in the centre of it. Fold the sides by overlapping each other to make a packet and secure them by tying with your kitchen twine.
- Arrange the packets on a frying pan and allow them to cook covered on low heat till the outer leaf of the packet turns brown. Turn it over and allow it to cook the other side as well. Alternative you can arrange the packets in a microwavable dish and microwave it for high power for 10 minutes.
- Remove and snip off the thread. You may drizzle some extra mustard oil over it.
- Enjoy with hot rice.
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