Recipe: Raw Banana kotftas

(Raw banana dumpling in tomato gravy)

Preparation time: 30 minutes

Cooking Time: 20 minutes

Serves: 4

Ingredients:

250 g raw bananas

200 tomato puree

4 cloves

1” Cinnamon stick

2-3 green cardamom

2 tsp cumin seed

3 tsp pepper corns

1 tsp ginger juliennes

3 green chilies

1 tbsp Desi Ghee (Clarified butter)

Sandha Namak (Rock salt)

Method:

Boil the raw bananas and the potatoes till done.  Peel the raw bananas and the potatoes.  Mash the both together and add rock salt to taste and mix well it should be smooth like dough.  Divide the mixture into 12 parts and roll into smooth balls, deep fry the balls in hot oil or Desi ghee and set aside.

Dry roast the cloves, cinnamon stick, cumin seeds, pepper corns and cardamoms.  Remove from pan and allow cooling slightly.  Coarsely grind the spices.   Heat the Ghee and add the ginger paste.

Sauté the ginger and add the tomato puree.  Add half the ground spices and 1 cup water and bring to a boil.  Simmer for 4-5 minutes.  Add the ginger juliennes, remaining ground spices, slit green chilies.  Season with rock salt and pore over the prepared kotftas (raw banana balls).  Serve hot with chapattis.

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