Banana Flowerets Pakoda

 

This was eaten on a road side shack in Chennai where our friend took us to. I just loved it managed to get the recipe.

Ingredients

-          2 cups banana flowerets

-          Oil for frying

For the batter

-          ½ cup besan

-          ½ cup rice flower

-          Salt to taste

-          ¼ tsp red chilli powder

-          Water

Instruction

-          Take the besan, rice flower, salt and chilli powder, slowly add water and mix well to make a thick batter

-          Heat oil in a pan. When it starts smoking, reduce the flame to medium and slowly put the flowerets Smeared with the batter.

-          Turn them and let cook till golden color.

-          Drain and serve with tomato ketchup for evening tea. Enjoy!

Banana Flower Thoran

 

Ingredients

-          One Banana flower

-          Salt to taste

-          ½ cup dried lobia soaked overnight and pressure cooked with ¾ cup water for 4 minutes

To grind

-          1 cup grated coconut

-          1/3 tsp turmeric powder

-          1/2 tsp cumin seeds

-          A few flakes of garlic

-          ¼ tsp red chilli powder

To temper

-          1 tbsp oil

-          ¼ tsp mustard seeds

-          2 red chillies broken

-          1 tbsp finely cut onion

-          A few curry leaves

Instruction

-          Peel off the outer layers of the banana flower till you see light colored skin. Now cut into very small pieces

-          Heat oil, add mustard seeds. When they splutter, add broken red chillies, cut onion,  and curry leaves

-          When the onions brown, add the cut banana flower, stir well, sprinkle some water, close and let cook for about five minutes. Open and check in between whether it needs more water.

-          Add the cooked lobia, and the ground coconut with masala powders.

-          Mix well and remove from fire.

-          Serve with boiled rice and dal.

Buttermilk dosa

 

This is another variation of dosa which has a distinct nice taste. It does not require fermentation.

Ingredients

1 ½ cups Raw rice (for 5 dosas)

1 ½ cups buttermilk

Salt to taste

A pinch of baking soda

½ tsp cumin seeds

Instruction

- Soak the washed and cleaned rice in butter milk for 4 to 6 hours and grind it.

- Add cumin seeds, salt and baking soda, mix well.

- Spread on a hot thava and cook from both sides.

- Serve with coconut chutney