Orva Pathali (Sweet Rice Dumblings on Banana Leaves and Turmeric Leaves)

Orva Patholi is a sweet rice dumblings made with raw rice stuffed with grated coconut and jaggery mixture steamed on banana leaves and turmeric leaves.

The following ingredients are needed to prepare Orva Patholi.

Ingredients:-

Raw Rice. -2cup
Salt.          - a pinch

For filling Coconut Jaggery mixture:-

Grated coconut. -1cup
Jaggery grated. -1/2cup
Cardamom.       -3

Instructions:-

1). Chop banana leaves and turmeric leaves into small pieces for spreading the ground rice paste.

2). In a mixing bowl add grated coconut, grated jaggery and crushed cardamom and mix all together using your hands.Sweet filling is ready to stuff.

Method:-

1). Soak raw rice in water for 2 hours and drain water completely. Grind the soaked rice along with a small pinch of salt to a thick paste adding very little water.

2). Wash the chopped pieces of banana leaves and turmeric leaves and pat dry with a clean cloth.

3). Spread the thick ground rice paste thinly on the banana leaves and turmeric leaves.

4). Fill 2 tsp of coconut jaggery mixture thinly in the middle of the rice paste spreaded along the leaves.

5). Fold the stuffed banana leaves and turmeric leaves vertically.

6). Keep all the folded leaves with stuffed rice dumblings on a steamer vessel and steam cook for 15 minutes.

7). After steaming the rice dumplings allow them to cool.Orva patholi / sweet rice dumbling is ready to serve.

Peel and remove the banana leaves or turmeric leaves and serve the orva patholi (sweet rice dumblings) hot with ghee.