Raw Banana Chukka Fry Recipe / Vazhakkai Chukka Varuval Recipe

I had few raw banana lying in the fridge, i wanted to use them in a different recipe other than poriyal, podimas, fry or my favorite podi fry. So i decided to try a chukka fry recipe but in a jain style without using onions and garlic..It tasted so good and i served it with paruppu rasam, vallarai keerai kootu. Will share both the recipes soon. So hope you give this a try and let me know how it turns out..

Preparation Time : 10 mins

Cooking Time : 30 mins

Serves : 4 to 5

Ingredients:

Raw Banana / Vazhakkai - 3 large peeled and chopped

Tomato - 1 large chopped

Green Chilli - 2 slit

Ginger - 1 tblspn grated

Chilli Powder - 2 tsp

Coriander Powder / Malli Podi - 1 tblspn

Turmeric Powder / Manjal Podi - 1 tsp + 1 tsp

Garam Masala Powder - 2 tsp

Salt to taste

For Grinding:

Coconut - ½ cup grated

Fennel Seeds / Sombu / Saunf - 2 tsp

For Seasoning:

Oil - 2 tblspn

Mustard Seeds / Kaduku - 1tsp

Urad dal / Ulundu Paruppu - 1 tsp

Asafoetida / Hing / Kaya Podi - ¼ tsp

Curry Leaves - a sprig

Method:

Grind coconut and fennel seeds to a smooth paste and set aside.

Start by cooking raw banana. Heat water in a sauce pan, add in salt and turmeric powder. Once it reaches a boil, add in cubed banana and cook for 5 to 7 mins. Turn off the heat and strain it. Set aside.

Heat oil in a kadai. Add in tempering spices, let them sizzle for 30 sec.

Add in tomatoes, green chilli and ginger. Cook them for couple of mins.

Now add in all the spice powders and salt. Mix well.

Now add in cooked banana and toss well with the masala.

Add in coconut paste and cook on a low heat stiring often for 10 mins till the water evaporates and masala coats the raw banana.

Serve with rice and gravy.

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