Raw Banana Fry Recipe

Time and servings

Prep time	5 min
Cook time	15 min
Total time	20 min
Serves	3 servings

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Ingredients

• 400 grams raw banana / balekai / vazhakkai / kacha kela / plantain
• ¼ tsp turmeric
• 1½ tsp sambar powder
• ¼ tsp pepper (crushed)
• ½ tsp salt
• 2 tbsp oil
• 1 tsp mustard
• ½ tsp urad dal
• ½ tsp cumin / jeera
• ½ tsp fennel / saunf
• 1 dried red chilli
• pinch hing / asafoetida
• few curry leaves
• 2 tbsp water

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Instructions

1. firstly, peel the skin of 2 raw banana (approx. 400 grams)
2. slice the raw banana to slight thick size. you can alternatively cut in cubes.
3. add ¼ tsp turmeric, 1½ tsp sambar powder, ¼ tsp pepper and ½ tsp salt.
4. coat the spices well to raw banana. keep aside.
5. now in a large kadai heat 2 tbsp oil and splutter 1 tsp mustard, ½ tsp urad dal, ½ tsp cumin, ½ tsp fennel, 1 dried red chilli, pinch hing and few curry leaves.
6. further, add spiced raw banana slices.
7. stir-fry for 2 minutes till raw banana gets coated well with oil.
8. spread the raw banana uniformly over kadai.
9. now sprinkle 2 tbsp oil.
10. cover and cook on medium flame for 10 minutes.
11. stir occasionally to prevent raw banana from burning.
12. now spread the raw banana again and cook for 2 minutes, without covering to make raw banana fry crisp.
13. finally, serve raw banana fry / vazhakkai fry with hot steamed rice as a side dish with rasam.

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Notes

• firstly, use raw banana, make sure they have not turned yellow.
• also, soak raw banana in water if you are cooking after some time to prevent discolouring.
• additionally, use chilli powder instead of sambar powder.
• finally, raw banana fry / vazhakkai fry can also be prepared on tawa or oven.