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Pathrade Curry Recipe

Course Curry, Main Dish
Cuisine Mangalorean
Servings 6 People

Ingredients
  

To make Pathrode

  • 25 Colocasia leaves or Rook alu from Western Ghats
  • 2 Cups Boiled Rice
  • 1 Cup Par boiled (Idli) rice
  • 1 Handful Basmatic rice
  • 1 Handful Urad dal or moong dal
  • 4 Long Red chillies/ Kumti red chillies
  • 1/2 Marble size tamarind
  • 2 tbsp Coriander seeds
  • 1 tsp Turmeric powder
  • 1 tsp Jeera/cumin seeds
  • Salt(As per taste)
  • 3 Banana Leaves

To make Pathrode Chicken/Mutton curry

  • 1 kg Chicken/mutton
  • 1 Marble size tamarind
  • 1 Coconut(Grated)
  • 11 Parekal red short chillies
  • 1 1/2 tbsp Coriander seeds
  • 1/2 tsp Jeera seeds
  • 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder
  • 1/4 tsp Mustard seeds
  • 4 Cloves of garlic
  • 4 Peppercorns
  • 2 Onions (Medium sized)
  • 3 tbsp Ghee
  • 1 tsp Coconut oil

Instructions
 

Pathrode

  • Soak the boiled rice, par boiled rice, basmati rice and urad dal for 4-6 hours.
  • Grind the above rice mixture, add 4 long red chillies, half marble sized tamarind, coriander seeds, turmeric powder, jeera/cumin seeds, salt to taste and grind to a fine paste.
  • Chop the leaves, soak it in 1/2 ball tamarind water with salt for 15 minutes.
  • Remove the water from the leaves and add to the paste, mix well and make patholis on banana leaves and steam them in a tondor(steaming vessel/idli) for about 45 minutes.
  • Cut the pathrade into pieces and add to the chicken or mutton curry or veg curry. You can also shallow fry the pathrade. if you want spicy, you can add chilli paste (Mitmirsang) and shallow fry.

Pathrode Chicken/mutton curry

  • Keep a pan, add 1 tsp coconut oil, add chillies, coriander seeds, one sliced onions, jeera, mustard seeds, garlic, peppercorns, 1/2 grated coconut and fry for some time. Finally, add turmeric powder and tamarind and let it cool down. Grind this into a fine paste.
  • Grind 1/2 coconut and extract thick milk, add water to the coconut second time and extract milk again.
  • Keep a wok, add 1 tbsp ghee, add chicken and fry for 2 minutes on a medium flame. Add masala and the second extracted coconut milk and cook till the chicken becomes tender.
  • Add cut Pathrades and simmer the flame. Add thick coconut milk and give it a boil and close the lid. Switch off the gas after one boil.
  • Keep a pan, add 2 tbsp ghee and add one sliced onion and fry till golden brown and add this to the curry.
  • Serve hot. This serves 6 People.

Pathrode Fry

  • You can also shallow fry the pathrade. if you want spicy, you can add chilli paste (Mitmirsang) and shallow fry. It is very delicious.
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