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RAW BANANA FRY RECIPE | BALEKAI FRY | VAZHAKKAI FRY

September 27, 2021 by Smitha Kalluraya Leave a Comment

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RAW BANANA FRY RECIPE

Raw Banana Fry or Balekai Fry is an easy recipe where raw banana is sliced and pan-fried along with everyday spices till it turns crispy and brown in color. Crispy from outside n soft from inside.. this Raw Banana fry is our absolute fav ????Perfect for weekday meals,tastes so good with Dal chawal) curd rice or as such. It’s super crispy , spicy and easy

If you want more easy peasy recipes just , then you can check out – VAZHAKKAI VARUVAL, RAW BANANA PODI , CHINESE POTATO INDIAN STIR FRY,BABY CORN FRY

  • About Raw banana fry Recipe :
  • Ingredients :
  • Raw Banana Fry Recipe with step by step Photos :
  • RAW BANANA FRY

About Raw banana fry Recipe :

Raw banana fry belonging to the Konkani cuisine cooked with Indian spices makes a simple vegan and gluten-free side dish . Pair with dal, rice , curd rice or enjoy as such .. tastes so good .

To make shallow fried raw banana, we slice raw banana marinate it with spices and rice flour and lastly coat in spiced semolina and later fried on a tawa / pan.

I know i know… it does look little like fish ???? and the method of preparation is also almost same .. do give a try I am sure you will love. .

Ingredients :

Raw Banana : Use fresh, green, unripe raw banana to make best fry .

Following the same recipe you can replace raw banana with potato , bread fruit etc .

Spices : Raw banana is marinated with a spicy paste, that includes everyday spices such as haldi , salt , red chilli powder , coriander powder, hing , ginger garlic paste .
Rice Flour – Rice Flour is added to the paste too, which helps to get a crispy layer on the top of raw banana.

Rava / Semolina – Rava or semolina is used for coating the spiced raw banana slices before frying them. It adds to further crispiness

Oil: Any type of cooking oil can be used in shallow frying the raw banana slices.

Raw Banana Fry Recipe with step by step Photos :

Peel 2-3 raw banana skin and slice them about 1/4 inch thickness. Place them in water till ready t o use .

Maintain this thickness for raw banana while slicing , if you make the slices too thin , the texture wont come good . If you make too thick , they wont cook properly .

Now prepare a marination masala. In a plate , take salt to taste , 2-3 tsp red chilli powder , 1/2 tsp haldi , 1/4 tsp hing and 2 tsp dhania powder .

Add 1 tsp ginger garlic paste , 2-3 tbsp rice flour and squeeze 1/2 lime .

Add very little water and make a thick paste. The paste should be like a thick chutney consistency

Drain raw banana from water n apply paste to each slice. Marinate for 30 mins.


For coating. In a small plate, mix 1 cup of fine rava, 1/2 tsp turmeric powder, 1/2 tsp red chili powder and 1/2 tsp salt . Mix and keep aside.

Coat each raw banana slice with rava.

Heat oil for frying in a pan. Arrange the rava coated raw banana slices on the pan. Drizzle 1-2 tablespoon oil , shallow fry or pan fry till golden & crisp. Cover and cook.

Cover n cook on medium flame. When one side is crisp , flip and let the other side too get crisp on low flame .

Enjoy !!

crispy from outside , soft from inside.. they taste so good !!
RAW BANANA FRY RECIPE

RAW BANANA FRY

Smitha Kalluraya
Raw Banana Fry or Balekai Fry is an easy , spicy and crispy side dish from Konkani cuisine .
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Course Side Dish
Cuisine Indian
Servings 4 People

Ingredients
 

  • 3 nos Raw Banana
  • Oil to make tawa fry

To marinate

  • 1/2 tsp Turmeric / Haldi
  • 2 -3 tsp Red chilli powder
  • 1 tsp Ginger Garlic paste, optional ,
  • 2 tsp Coriander powder / Dhania powder
  • 1/4 tsp Hing /Asafoetida
  • 1/2 Lemon
  • Salt to taste
  • 2-3 tbsp Rice flour

For coating

  • 1 cup Fine rava / chiroti rava, or as required
  • 1/4 tsp Turmeric / Haldi
  • 1/2 tsp Chilli powder
  • 1/2 tsp Salt

Instructions
 

  • Peel the raw banana skin and slice them about 1/4 inch thickness. Place them in water till ready t o use . Maintain this thickness for raw banana while slicing , if you make the slices too thin , the texture wont come good . If you make too thick , they wont cook properly .
  • Now prepare a marination masala. In a plate , take salt , red chilli powder , haldi , hing and dhania powder . Add ginger garlic paste , rice flour .and squeeze lime .
  • Add very little water n make a thick paste.
  • Drain raw banana from water n apply paste to each slice. Marinate for 30 mins.
  • For coating. In a small plate, mix fine rava, turmeric powder, red chili powder and salt . Mix and keep aside.
  • Coat each raw banana slice with rava.
  • Heat oil for frying in a pan. Arrange the rava coated raw banana slices on the pan. Drizzle 1-2 tablespoon oil , shallow fry or pan fry till golden & crisp. Cover and cook.
  • Cover n cook on medium flame. When one side is crisp , flip and let the other side too get crisp on low flame .Enjoy !!
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