Sweet Plantain Curry
Aratikaya Pulusu Bellam.
Plantain is sliced into thin circles and fried in oil till cooked. They are then added to jaggery mixture and cooked briefly. Serve sweet plantain curry with steamed rice and dollop of ghee.
Makes: 1 1/2 Cups of Sweet and Sour Platain
Ingredients:
Green Plantain 1 Large
Jaggery (Grated) 1/4 Cup
Tamarind 2 inch sized ball
Green Chiles 2 – 3
Turmeric Powder a Big Pinch
Salt to taste
Oil 1 Tbsp
Talimpu:
Urad Dal 1/4 tsp
Cumin Seeds 1/4 tsp
Mustard Seeds 1/4 tsp
Curry Leaves 10
Oil 1/2 tsp
Method of preparation:
Remove ends, remove thick skin and slice plantain into thin circles.
Soak tamarind in few tablespoons of hot water for sometime and extract all the thick juice discarding any veins.
Remove stems, wash and slice the green chiles.
Heat oil in a pan, add plantain slices.
Fry on medium flame till plantain slices are cooked and start to turn golden brown.
Once plantain slices are fried, remove from pan.
Heat oil in a pan, add all talimpu ingredients in order.
When mustard seeds start spluttering, add green chiles.
Fry briefly and stir in tamarind extract, mashed jaggery, turmeric powder and salt.
Let the jaggery melt completely and the mixture come together, stir in plantain slices and cook for few minutes or until the syrup coats the plantain slices well.
Serve sweet plantain curry with plain steamed rice and dollop of ghee.
Notes:Make sure plantain pieces are cooked well before adding to the jaggery mixture.
Suggestions: If plantain pieces are not soft, add few tbsps of water into the curry and cook covered on low flame till done.
Variations: Plantain with Green Chana, Chilli Plantain.
Other Names: Teepi Aratikaya, Sweet Plantain Curry.
Plantain Onion Fry
Aratikaya Ullipaya Vepudu.
Plantain / Raw banana is sliced after its outer thick skin is removed. The plantain slices are fried in oil separately and cooked with onion and spice powders. Serve plantain onion fry with steamed rice and dollop of ghee.
Makes: around 4 Servings of Plantain Onion Fry.
Ingredients:
Green Plantain 2
Onion 1
Green Chiles 2 – 3
Fresh or Frozen Grated Coconut 2 Tbsps
Ginger Garlic Paste 1/2 tsp
Roasted Peanuts 2 Tbsps
Roasted Cashews 1 Tbsp
Turmeric Powder a big Pinch
Chaat Masala 1/4 tsp
Lemon juice 1 tsp
Salt to Taste
Cilantro few Sprigs
Oil 1 Tbsp
Talimpu:
Mustard Seeds 1/4 tsp
Cumin Seeds 1/4 tsp
Urad Dal 1/4 tsp
Broken Dried Red Chiles 3 – 4
Asafoetida a Big Pinch
Curry Leaves 5
Oil 1 tsp
Method of preparation:
Remove thick skin and thinly slice the green plantains.
Peel and slice the onion.
Removes stems, wash and slice the green chiles.
Wash and finely chop the cilantro leaves.
Heat a tbsp oil in a pan, add plantain slices and fry till they turn golden brown around the edges.
Remove the plantain slices from the pan.
Add a tsp of oil in a pan, add all talimpu ingredients in order.
When mustard seeds start spluttering, add ginger garlic paste.
Fry briefly, add green chiles and sliced onion.
Fry till onion turns translucent and start to change color.
Stir in plantain slices, coconut, turmeric powder, cashews, peanuts and salt.
Cook for around 2 minutes and stir in cilantro.
Remove from heat and sprinkle chaaat masala powder and stir in lemon juice.
Serve plantain onion fry with steamed rice and dollop of ghee.
Notes: Make sure plantain is cooked well.
Suggestions: Make sure to reduce the salt if chaat masala has salt in it.
Variations: Check other plantain recipes here.
Other Names: Plantain Onion Fry, Aratikaya Ullipaya Vepudu.
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