Spiced Raw Banana Fry/ Plaintain Curry

(from Nandini’s recipe box)

Source: vegfry,plantain recipies

Prep time: 10 minutes
Cook time: 10 minutes
Serves 4 people

Ingredients

  • • 2 medium raw (plantains)
  • • Curry leaves
  • • 1 Tbsp urad daal
  • • Asafetida
  • • Cumin seeds(jeera)
  • • Mustard seeds
  • • 2 tsp Turmeric
  • • Coriander leaves for garnishing
  • • Oil
  • • salt
  • To make powder
  • • 2-3 dried red chillies
  • • 1 Tbsp coriander seeds
  • • 1 Tbsp of raw dry tamarind (not paste)

Directions

  1. • Peel the raw banana and cut them into discs.

  2. • Dry roast the ingredients for dry masala and grind it to a fine powder. (If the tamarind is roasted, even that will turn into powder along with red chillies and coriander seeds).

  3. Method:

  4. • Heat a heavy bottomed pan, and then add oil, jeera, mustard, curry leaves.

  5. • Add asafetida, then the urad daal and fry until it turns golden brown. Add the cut banana discs, salt and continue to fry.

  6. • Add the masala powder and sprinkle of water in between, and fry. Once in a while add oil also as it makes it crispy and tasty.

  7. • When it is done, it should be both cooked and crispy at the same time. Garnish with coriander leaves.

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