- Servings: 2-3
- Preparation time: 5 minutes.
- Frying time: 11 minutes.
- Cooking time: 3-4 minutes.
- Total time: 20 minutes.
With an abundance of banana plants in our Kudankulam home, I have the wonderful opportunity to explore and prepare a wide variety of dishes using raw bananas such as Banana Fritters, Banana Sandwich, Banana Chips, Banana Kofta, Banana Kachori and many more…
The versatility of raw bananas allows for the creation of numerous recipes, from curries and stir-fries to crispy snacks and even desserts. Each dish highlights the unique texture and mild flavour of raw bananas, making them a staple ingredient in our kitchen. Whether it is today’s recipe a simple semidry “Raw Banana Sabji” for a lunch box.
A semidry sabji of raw banana, also known as as Kaccha Kela Sabji, is an excellent choice for me in a lunch box meal. The semidry texture makes it easy to pack and enjoy without any mess, while the mild yet delicious taste to kids and adult. Rich in dietary fiber and potassium, paired with Roti, Paratha, or even as part of a Rice meal.
The dish stays fresh for hours, making it ideal for busy days when you need a nutritious and tasty meal to keep you energised.
Ingredients:
- Raw banana: 2no. (Medium size)
- Onion: 1no. (Medium size)
- Tomato: 1no. (Medium size)
- Mustard oil /cooking oil: 3 tablespoon
- Salt: teaspoon
- Turmeric powder: 1 teaspoon
- Chilli powder: 1 teaspoon
- Coriander powder: 1 teaspoon
- Garam masala powder: half teaspoon
- Kalonji (onion seed): one forth teaspoon
Preparation:
- Peel off skin of raw banana, cut into cubes.
- Chop onion and tomato. Keep aside.
Method:
- Take fry pan, put oil, when it smokes, add Kalonji, sputter for few seconds add chopped onion, stir fry on high flame for couple of minutes.
- Add raw banana, continue to fry on medium to low flame for 4-5 minutes with cover on or until it gets 50% done.
- Add tomato, coriander powder, chilli powder, salt and turmeric powder.
- continue to fry 2-3 minutes or until oil separates from masala.
- Add one forth cup of water, cook on low flame for about 3-4 minutes with cover on.
- Cook till vegetable become soft. Stir it occasionally.
- Add Garam masala powder, put off the flame.
- Garnish with coriander leaves.
Raw banana sabji is ready to be serve.
Raw banana sabji by Nag Ratna Sahu is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.