RAW BANANA FRY
Raw Banana Fry or Balekai Fry is an easy , spicy and crispy side dish from Konkani cuisine .
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 !!