Raw Banana (Vazhai kai) Crumbled Curry

Recipe taken from Cook and see part -1.

Plaintain curry  finds its way in the daily meal  fare in a South Indian household. However, it is cooked in different ways and this recipe is one of them. As plaintains are easy to  chop and cook they are a homemaker’s delight.  Buy fresh green raw  bananas for making this curry . This can be eaten with sambhar and rasam.

Ingredients

  •  Green Raw Banana (Plantains ) 2 large ,
  • Red gram dal (half cooked) ½ cup,
  • Coconut gratings  a handful or a little more,
  • Bengal gram dal or cashew nuts  2 teaspoon.
  • Oil 4 teaspoon,
  • Green chillies 4 (chopped fine),
  • Asafoetida ¼ teaspoon,
  • Salt 1 teaspoon,
  • Mustard 1 teaspoon,
  • Black gram dal 1 ½ teaspoon,
  • Ginger grated 2 teaspoon,
  • Curry leaves few.

Method

  1. Cut the plaintain into half and cook them with the peel, to soft.
  2. When it cools, peel the skin and mash. Add salt and keep aside.
  3. In a shallow pan, heat oil, add mustard as it splutters , add black gram dal, ginger, green chillies, curry leaves and cashew nuts/bengal gram dal
  4. Stir for a minute or so. Add half cooked dal. Stir for two to three minutes.
  5. Add coconut gratings and mashed plantain.
  6. Stir and cook for  to three  to four minutes.
  7. Remove from heat. Serve hot with rice.