RAW BANANA BONDA

ITEMS REQUIRED:

Raw banana-vazhaikai               6 nos. (big)

Ginger                                                     small piece

Green chilly                                         4

Curry leaf                                             one strip

Hing                                                        liberal pinch

Salt                                                          as required

Oil                                                            as required for frying&tempering the mixture

Mustard                                               ¼ spoon

Urad dal                                              ½ spoon

Chana dal                                          ½ spoon

Besan                                                   1 cup

Rice flour                                           ½ cup

Chilly powder                                ½ spoon

METHOD:

• Cut raw bananas into halves, cook well.
• Peel off skin and mash it well.
• Chop ginger, green chilies and curry leaves finely.
• Mix mashed bananas, chopped items, hing and salt.
• Heat 2 tbsp of oil in kadai, add mustard, urad dal, chana dal,  then this mixture, sauté for 2 to 3 minutes.
• Make lime sized balls.
• In a vessel, make a batter to a consistency thinner than idly batter with besan, rice flour, chilly powder, salt and hing.
• Heat remaining oil in kadai, dip the balls in batter and drop in oil.
• Turn side and take out once golden.
• Enjoy with any chutney.