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Pathrode / Pathrade / Pathrado – A Traditional Taste of Coastal Karnataka 🌿

In this video, watch a heartfelt story unfold from the farmlands of Coastal Karnataka — where two women gather colocasia leaves (kesuvina ele) and prepare Pathrode (also called Pathrade in Tulu, Pathrado in Konkani, and Alu Vadi in Marathi).
From grinding soaked rice on stone to steaming batter in banana leaves and slow-cooking it in a rich coconut masala — this is food made with time, care, and stories.

After the meal, they head to the local Ganpathi Visarjan, where a rare Daivaradhane is performed — a tradition seen only in a few corners of coastal Karnataka.

🌿 Ingredients

For Batter:
White boiled rice – 6 cups
Red chillies – 5 to 6
Tamarind – 1 tbsp
Coriander seeds – 3 tbsp
Jeera – 1 tbsp
Water – 2 cups
Salt – as per taste
Colocasia leaves – as needed

For Masala:
Grated coconut – 1
Guntur red chillies – 8
Small red chillies – 2
Coriander seeds – 3 tbsp
Jeera – 1 tbsp
Tamarind – 1 tbsp
Turmeric powder – ½ tbsp
Garlic – 4 bulbs
Onion – 2
Oil – 4 tbsp
Water – 2 cups

👩‍🍳 Method:

Soak white boiled rice for 5–6 hours.
Grind soaked rice with red chillies, tamarind, coriander, jeera, salt, and water into a thick coarse batter.
Mix chopped colocasia leaves into the batter.
Spread the batter on banana leaves and steam for 1 hour.
Allow it to cool, then cut into pieces.
Grind the masala using coconut, red chillies, coriander, jeera, tamarind, turmeric, onion, garlic, and water.
Heat oil in a kadai, fry onions, add the masala, and boil with water.
Add Pathrode pieces, mix gently, and cook for 15 minutes.

Also Known As Pathrade (Tulu) | Pathrado (Konkani) | Alu Vadi (Marathi) | Arbi ke Patte ke Rolls (Hindi)

Festival Highlight — Puttur’s Unique Tradition

This video also captures a rare local celebration in Puttur, Court Maidan, where Daivaradhane is performed in front of Lord Ganapathi during Visarjan. It’s one of the few places in India where divine energies and devotion merge in such a powerful, cultural way.

Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
00:12 Work at farm– Beginning the Story
01:45 Collecting Fresh Colocasia Leaves
05:30 Washing leaves
06:00 Chopping the leaves
07:47 Washing rice
07:58 Grinding the rice batter for Pathrode
09:47 Mixing Colocasia leaves to the batter & masala grinding
13:00 Folding the pathrode batter in banana leaves
13:47 Steaming Pathrode
15:12 Cutting Pathrode to small pieces
16:30 Cooking pathrode with masala
19:38 Eating hot Pathrode
20:54 At Ganpathi Visarjan
22:50 Unique Daivaradhane infront of Ganpathi

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