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Saina

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 Saina
Saina is an unusual crispy green leaf snack served with chutney.
Cook Time 60+ minutes
Servings
people
Ingredients
Cook Time 60+ minutes
Servings
people
Ingredients
Instructions
  1. Remove the stalk and big veins of the taro leaves.
  2. Mix the mung bean flour and water until you have a thick paste.
  3. Leave it for 30 minutes.
  4. Then add the rice flour, chopped pepper, cumin, chopped garlic, salt and mix into the paste.
  5. Apply the paste to the vein side of each of the 4 leaves and stack the leaves on top of each other.
  6. Make two rolls of 4 leaves each: roll tightly while folding the sides inward. Optional: tie with a thread to hold the leaf roll in place while steaming.
  7. Steam the rolls for 10 minutes and remove thread if used. (They can be eaten steamed or fried.)
  8. Cut the rolls in slices of 1 - 2 cm and deep fry the slices.
  9. Serve the saina hot with a tomato or green chilli chutney or another sauce that you prefer to dip it in.
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Sathya Sai Baba says…

“Health is the greatest blessing. Without it, man cannot do even the lightest work. Health is an indispensable requisite for progress in material, moral, political, economic, artistic and spiritual fields of life. Food habits are of primary importance when health has to be secured and maintained. When these are not regulated, health suffers. ‘No restraint, no success’ is the axiom. Restraint, controls, limits have to be observed at every step. One should restrain the wild adventures of the tongue.

Among the eight million four hundred thousand species of living beings, all except humans live on food as provided by Mother Nature. Man alone strives to make such food more palatable, more attractive to the senses of sight, touch and smell by boiling, frying and freezing and mixing, grinding and soaking. The consequence of this greed is ill-health and debility.

One should realise that food materials, as offered by nature, are really more beneficial. When heat is applied, they lose the vitality yielding components and cannot comer strength and efficiency. The person ages fast and loses the sprightliness of youth. Catering to the cravings of the tongue and swallowing heavy foods three or four times a day can only add to the heap. Regular and limited intakes alone can enable a person to discharge one’s duties.”

SSS 15:54 – 20.11.1982