Plaintain curry
Spicy plantains
Recipe by thameez of dubai, AE
Plaintain is unripened banana. The kind of plaintain to choose for this recipe is green and is not sweet at all. This is pretty spicy but if you want to reduce the heat, just reduce the quantity of chillies
Ingredients
vegetarian
10 servings
- 18 Plantains (peeled & cut into cubes)
- 3/4 cup Chana dal
- 2 1/2 tsp Jeera
- 25 red chilly
- 1 cup grated coconut
- 3/4 cup oil
- 1/2 tsp mustard
- curry leaves
- 2 tsp Urad dal
- 4 tsp salt
- 45 gms Tamarind (take juice)
- 1 tsp Tumeric powder
Directions
- Roast chana dal & jeera, separately roast red chillies, grind the roasted items along with coconut (make it as a masala paste)
- Heat oil in a kadahi and put mustard seeds, urad dal, and curry leaves. Let it crackles for a minute.
- Add plantain, masala, tamarind juice, turmeric powder mix it well.
- Add water to cover the mix and add salt.
- Once the gravy comes to a boil, reduce heat to medium and let it simmer until the plantains are cooked and soft.