Recipe: Appetizing Oal Paturi (Elephant Yam steam cooked in Banana Leaf - Bengali style)

Oal Paturi (Elephant Yam steam cooked in Banana Leaf - Bengali style).

You can have Oal Paturi (Elephant Yam steam cooked in Banana Leaf - Bengali style) using 13 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Oal Paturi (Elephant Yam steam cooked in Banana Leaf - Bengali style)

1. It's 500 grams of Elephant Yam (boiled & grated).
2. You need 2 tsp. of mustard oil.
3. You need to taste of salt.
4. Prepare 1/2 tsp. of turmeric powder.
5. You need 1 tbsp. of mustard seeds.
6. It's 2 tbsp. of fresh grated coconut.
7. You need 2 of green chilies.
8. Prepare 1 tsp. of lime juice.
9. Prepare 3 tbsp. of coriander leaves.
10. You need 1 of onion, chopped.
11. It's 2 of garlic cloves, finely chopped.
12. Prepare Few of whole fresh red chilies.
13. It's as required of banana leaves.

Oal Paturi (Elephant Yam steam cooked in Banana Leaf - Bengali style) step by step

1. In a bowl, mix together all the above mentioned ingredients (except the last two)..
2. Place some of the yam mix in the centre of the leaf & place a chilli over it..
3. Gently fold the leaf to make a parcel. (You can also tie it up with a thread)..
4. Steam for 12-15 minutes. Set aside to cool..
5. Open the banana leaf parcel and serve with steamed rice..