Malabari cuisine is as tasty as its elaborate making method. Perhaps, the pathiris are the best representatives of the region. They can be made with just about anything, fish, meat, eggs or vegetables. This warm snack is a big hit on cold or sunny days. Though it tastes hep with meat, what works best for this pathiri is prawns or shrimps. They are in reality stuffed pancakes and can be fried, steamed or boiled.
Ingredients
250 gm prawns
300 gm kuthari (matta rice)
100 gm rice flour
100 gm scraped coconut
3 onions
1 tsp ginger-garlic paste
1 tomato
5 shallots
4 green chillies
1 tbsp cumin)
2 tsp red chilli powder
2 tsp turmeric powder
½ tsp pepper powder
2 tsp salt
Oil as required
1 lemon
Curry leaves
Mint leaves
1 plantain leaf
Preparation
Soak rice and grind in a mixer grinder
Add scraped coconut, shallots and salt, grind again
Add in in the rice flour and mix well
Set this aside to make pathiris
Marinate prawns with chilli powder, turmeric powder, pepper, salt and lemon extract
Saute chopped onions, ginger-garlic paste, finely chopped green chillies, tomato, red chilly powder, turmeric powder, salt and curry leaves
Add in the marinated prawns
When it€™s done, add mint leaves and mix well
Roll out the pathiris
Place masala mix on them, cover one pathiri with another. Seal the edges.
Spread the plantain leaf in a steamer and arrange the pathiris
Steam till done
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