RAW BANANA VADA(NON FRIED)

Raw bananas are available always.  This vegetable can be used for making various subzis, chips and ripen, eat as fruit.  All the parts of  Banana Plants are used for cooking or for other purpose. Instead of potato, you can make use of banana.

I have prepared this vada so many times but could not post it.  Today being a holiday, want to make something hot for the breakfast hence I made this non fried vada as I had time to make it.

You have to cook the same in a non stick tava in low flame for 5-6 minutes.  Though you will not get the taste of deep fried vadas, since it is very healthy (non fried), you can once in a while enjoy this food too.

Though the potata vada is served with dry lasoon chutney or green and sweet chutney, Since I prefer to have brown bread than the PAV, we enjoyed it along with the brown bread.  

Let us look at the recipe now:

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Ingredients:

for the batter:

1/2 cup chick pea flour

1/4 tsp red chilli powder

1/4 tsp turmeric powder

1/4 tsp ajwain

a pinch of asafoetida

a pinch of soda

salt

for the masala

1 1/2 raw banana (I used the thick variety banana)

1 green chilli

a small piece of ginger

2-3 garlic cloves

1/4 tsp  crushed coriander seeds

salt

1/4 tsp turmeric powder

salt

1/2 tsp red chilli powder

a pinch of asafoetida

few curry leaves

1 tsp mustard seeds

chopped coriander leaves.

Oil

dry lasoon chutney for serving.

how to make the batter.

In a mixing bowl, add all the ingredients and mix well.  Add water to make a pouring consistency batter and allow to rest for 15 to 30 minutes.

Method:

1.  Peel the banana and cut into chunks.  wash and cook the same with salt and  little turmeric powder.  Remove excess water,if any.

2.  Mash the same and keep aside.

3.  Make paste of the garlic, green chilli, ginger.

4.  In a kadai, add 3-4 tsp oil.  Add mustard seeds. When it splutters, add the chopped curry leaves, crushed coriander seeds.

5.  After a few seconds, add the ginger, garlic green chilli paste, saute for few seconds and then add the  mashed banana in it.  Mix well.

6.  Add the red chilli powder, asafoetida,  remaining turmeric powder, check the salt and add if required.  Mix well.

7.  Remove the same from gas and transfer to a plate to make it cool. add the coriander leaves and mix.

8.  Divide it into equal portions when you can handle the heat of the masala and flatten the same.

9.  dip it in the batter.  heat a non stick tava, smear with little oil.  Place the dipped vada on the tava, drizzle little oil, cover and cook for 2-3 minutes.  After 3 minutes, turn and drizzle oil again cover and cook till the rawness of the batter is disappeared and it is cooked.

How to serve:

Serve with Pav, Bread with lasoon chutney.

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