Raw plantain(banana) curry || Aratikay mudda Koora || Valakkai thenga curry

Raw plantain(banana) curry || Aratikay mudda Koora || Valakkai thenga curry

Raw banana recipes are south Indians favourite food. Not only raw banana we like recipes done with banana stem,flower too. And it gives a heavenly feeling when you eat hot rice with ghee and all items in banana leaf 😋😋😋. Talking about calories 105 calories in 1 medium banana. I usually prepare raw banana fry(Aratikaya fry), bajji,instant chips,pulusu,aratikaya manchiga pulusu ,ava pettina aratikay koora🤗. Today i am posting aratikaya mudda koora (Raw banna curry).It come as gravy , we can serve rice and roti's.

Raw Banana Curry-Aratikaya mudda koora

 Prep Time : 10 mins
 Cook Time : 15 mins
 Serves: 2
 Recipe Category: Side Dish/gravy
 Recipe Cuisine: South Indian
Author:Aruna

   Ingredients needed:

Raw plantain-1 big size
Onion -1 cup (roughly sliced)
Green chillies-3
Garlic - 4 to 5 cloves
Mustard -1tsp
Cumin seeds -1 tsp
Urad & chana dal -1 tsp
Curry leaves -1 sprig
Coriander leaves- 2 tsp
Salt as per taste
Oil- 3tsp
Water as per cooking

Process:

*Wash banana and cut it 3 pieces.  Take a pressure cooker place raw banana pieces and pour water until it dip. Add salt,pinch tumeric powder and cook it for 4 whistles.

*Take boiled bananas in a plate cool it for sometime and then peel the skin.cut the boiled raw banana into pieces or mash it .

Method:

1.Take a pan/kadai add 1 tsp oil. Add garlic cloves fry until brown (so that the raw smell goes) and keep it aside.

2.Now add mustard seeds,when it splutters add cumin seeds along with urad dal,chana dal nd curry leaves, green chillies one by one. Fry it until dal changes to golden brown.

3.Add roughly sliced onions and salt and fry it for few seconds.Cook until it changes to pink color.

4.Now add mashed or  pieces of  raw banana, red chilli powder, fried garlic and fry it. Add 1 small glass of water or per required to curry. Mix all the ingredients well and close the lid for 5-10 minutes in medium flame to get good gravy. Stir the curry in-between, otherwise it stick to the bottom of the pan and taste also changes.

5.Once the curry cooks as gravy, stop the flame. Take raw banna gravy in a bowl and garnish with coriander leaves.

Notes:

*You can also add ginger, and squeeze lemon in the curry. When you use these 2 ingredients use hing instead of garlic.

*Instead of using pressure cooker to boil plantain,You can also cook directly by peeling  the raw banana into pieces and add enough water to dip,add turmeric powder then cook until the pieces boil.when you are in hurry you can use pressure cooker to save time.

Tips:

◆ Apply cooking oil to your hands and knife lightly so that raw banana won't stick to ur hands and knife.

◆ Inorder to maintain the color of banana add 1/2 tsp turmeric powder in water and then dip raw banana pieces until you cook.

Health benefits of using Raw Banana:

●Helps to cure kidney problem

●High fiber content

● Rich in potassium and calcium

● probiotic bacteria

● Has rich sources of vitamins like vit B6,Vit C and more.

● Helpful for Diarrhea Treatment

● Diabetic Diet etc.,

Will post all raw banana recipes soon...

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