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
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• Peel the raw banana and cut them into discs.
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• 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).
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Method:
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• Heat a heavy bottomed pan, and then add oil, jeera, mustard, curry leaves.
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• Add asafetida, then the urad daal and fry until it turns golden brown. Add the cut banana discs, salt and continue to fry.
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• 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.
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• When it is done, it should be both cooked and crispy at the same time. Garnish with coriander leaves.