Indian food question

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I'm trying to find the name of an Indian food, I believe its a vegetable (but not sure) that is prepared as a large spiral disk and fried, I think the names something along the lines of batra, or petrel in parsi. Any suggestions would be welcome.

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It is PATRA. Made from colocassia leaves and a spiced gram flour (chick pea flour) batter. Rolled up and then sliced. Often fried in slices and served with a tomato based sauce.

You can buy cans of it in most Asian grocers (even large Tesco branches sell this in their "ethnic foods" section). Or by mailorder - http://www.simplyspice.co.uk/patra-curried-canned-p-452.html

Or... you can make your own. There's a decent recipe here: http://www.indolink.com/Recipe/SideDish/Vegetarian/recipe18.html

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Thats it. I've been looking for it for ages. My wifes gran used to make it for her but we've never been able to find the proper name. Many thanks.