Aluwadi

Ingredients:

1) 8-10 alu leaves
2) Approx. 8-10 tbsp besan flour
3) 4-5 tsp red chili powder
4) 2-3 tsp hing
5) 3-4 tsp turmeric powder
6) Salt to taste
7) Mix Jaggery & Tamarind separately in water for sometime
7) Oil for frying

Method:

1) Wash the leaves properly. Cut the sticks.
2) Air dry the leaves.
3) In a bowl, mix all the ingredients from 2-7. Add more jaggery-tamarind water if reqd.  Make it into a smooth paste (not very thin).
4) First, take large leaf. Apply the above paste to it. On top of this, arrange next large leaf. Apply the paste. From one side, roll it tightly.
5) Now, take medium size leaf, apply paste. On top of this, arrange another medium size leaf, apply paste. Roll both the leaves tightly.
6) In a large container, keep water for boiling. Once the water starts boiling, keep one oil polished sieve on top of it. Keep the bundles of alu leaves.
7) Cover the sieve with a lid. Steam the leaves for 15 mins.
8) Cut the bundles into equal size wadi, deep fry or shallow fry. Serve it with ketchup.