Aratikaya Vepudu
(Fry of Raw Banana)
Ingredients:
- Raw Bananas – 2(500gms)
- Red Chili Powder – 1tsp
- Turmeric Powder – 1/4tsp
- Salt to Taste
- VepuduKaram– 1 1/2tsps
- Oil – 10tsps
Preparations:
Wash
the bananas. Take water in a bowl and add salt. Mix salt and keep this
bowl
aside. Peel the bananas and cut them into cubes. Add these cut banana
cubes to
the salt water. Take a microwave safe bowl. Drain the banana pieces from
salt
water and add them to the microwave safe bowl. Add some water to the
pieces and
place this bowl in the microwave oven covering it partially. Cook the
banana
pieces on high power for 7 minutes. Allow 5 minutes standing time and
remove
the bowl from the oven. Drain all the water from the cooked banana
pieces.
(This can be used as vegetable stock. It would be bit thick. I generally
add it
to any gravy dish)
Method:
Heat
a pan and add oil to it. When oil is hot add the cooked banana pieces. add
turmeric powder and salt. Mix well and cook covered on slow flame for 5
to 7
minutes or till the pieces are fully cooked. Remove the lid and cook for
a
minute. Add vepudukaram and red chili powder. Mix
well and fry for a minute till
dry. Transfer the Vepudu to a serving bowl and serve
hot with plain rice.
Points
to Note:
Always
dip the cut banana pieces in salt water so that they won’t turn black.
Raw
bananas leave a sticky substance while peeled and cut. Add some salt and
oil to
your palms and rub to get rid of the stickiness after the vegetable is
cut.
Do
not fully cook the banana pieces. Keep them a bit raw so that the pieces
retain
their shape. The remaining cooking can be done while frying. When we add
salt
water oozes out from the vegetable. With that water the vegetable gets
cooked.
Here we are attempting to do a fry with raw
bananas using less oil. When
we use
less oil for a fry the vegetables become mushy. So we first cook them in
a
microwave oven till three-fourths done and then fry in less oil adding
salt.
This way the vegetable is cooked and it is also fried without much oil.
Vepudukaram gives a nice
taste to this curry.
Enjoy !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Preparations:
Wash
the bananas. Take water in a bowl and add salt. Mix salt and keep this
bowl
aside. Peel the bananas and cut them into cubes. Add these cut banana
cubes to
the salt water. Take a microwave safe bowl. Drain the banana pieces from
salt
water and add them to the microwave safe bowl. Add some water to the
pieces and
place this bowl in the microwave oven covering it partially. Cook the
banana
pieces on high power for 7 minutes. Allow 5 minutes standing time and
remove
the bowl from the oven. Drain all the water from the cooked banana
pieces.
(This can be used as vegetable stock. It would be bit thick. I generally
add it
to any gravy dish)
Method:
Heat
a pan and add oil to it. When oil is hot add the cooked banana pieces. add
turmeric powder and salt. Mix well and cook covered on slow flame for 5
to 7
minutes or till the pieces are fully cooked. Remove the lid and cook for
a
minute. Add vepudukaram and red chili powder. Mix
well and fry for a minute till
dry. Transfer the Vepudu to a serving bowl and serve
hot with plain rice.
Points
to Note:
Always
dip the cut banana pieces in salt water so that they won’t turn black.
Raw
bananas leave a sticky substance while peeled and cut. Add some salt and
oil to
your palms and rub to get rid of the stickiness after the vegetable is
cut.
Do
not fully cook the banana pieces. Keep them a bit raw so that the pieces
retain
their shape. The remaining cooking can be done while frying. When we add
salt
water oozes out from the vegetable. With that water the vegetable gets
cooked.
Here we are attempting to do a fry with raw
bananas using less oil. When
we use
less oil for a fry the vegetables become mushy. So we first cook them in
a
microwave oven till three-fourths done and then fry in less oil adding
salt.
This way the vegetable is cooked and it is also fried without much oil.
Vepudukaram gives a nice
taste to this curry.
Enjoy !!!!!!!!!!!!!!PLEASE HELP US SHARE THIS ARTICLE
