Paatolyo Recipe (Goan Sweet Dish)

Step 1: To begin making the Paatolyo, first mix together the jaggery, grated coconut, cardamom powder, salt, ragi flour and oats and cook in a kadhai till jaggery melts and the entire mixture thickens

Step 2: Add the dry fruits to the mixture and mix it properly

Step 3: Keep aside to cool down

Step 4: Meanwhile, wash and dry the turmeric leaves

Step 5: Mix together the rice flour, jowar flour and salt and make a thick spreadable paste using water as required

Step 6: Grease a steamer plate or keep a thin moistened cloth over it

Step 7: On the upper side of one turmeric leaf, spread a layer of the flour paste so as to cover the entire leaf leaving a border of about a centimetre

Step 8: Spread some filling lightly on one vertical half

Step 9: Fold the other half of the leaf lightly over the filled half and seal the edges giving a little pressure

Step 10: Place on the steamer plate and steam for 15 minutes

Step 11: Serve with some homemade ghee

Step 12: Serve Paatolyo as a dessert after your Goan meal of Goan Chana Ros, Tambdi Bhaji and Steamed Rice