Raw Banana stir fry !

Easy & Tasty Raw Banana / Raw Plantain stir fry …

Aratikaya Vepudu 

Ingredients :

Raw Banana / Raw Plantains - 2 to 3

Red Chilli powder - 1 table spoon

Dry coconut shred - 1 table spoon

Turmeric powder - 1 tea spoon
Ginger & Garlic paste - 1/2 table spoon ( OPTIONAL )

Salt - As per the taste

For Seasoning:

Oil - 1 to 2 table spoons

Dry Red chilli - 1 or 2 

Jeera / Urad dal / Split moong dal / Mustard seeds / split chickpea dal - 2 table spoons
Curry Leaves - 4 to 5
Garlic cloves - 1 to 2 (chopped / crushed )
Asafetida / Hing - 1/2 tea spoon

Preparation :

- Peel off the banana & dice into small sized pieces or can slice round pieces.

Raw banana stir fry

NOTE : While cutting the raw banana you feel sticky on the knife or on your fingers, just to avoid this apply little oil to the knife before slicing the banana.

- Take the banana pieces in to a sauce pan add pinch of salt & sprinkle some water and cover the pan with a lid & let them steam cook for some time under low heat. Don't keep it on high heat.

Banana fry

- It might take 5 to 10 minutes but not more than that to steam cook the banana, to test just use a fork and see if the banana pieces are steamed well enough, don't need to mash them. Once done, turn off the heat.

Aratikaya vepudu

- For seasoning, heat the oil in a pan and start adding all the seasoning ingredients one by one and fry them.

Raw plantains stir fry

- Once the seasoning is spluttering add the ginger & garlic paste which is totally OPTIONAL and fry for few seconds.

- Add the steam cooked raw banana pieces to the seasoning and give a quick stir adding the turmeric powder.

Raw Banana stir fry

- Add the chili powder & dry coconut shred and stir well, also adjust the salt. If the stir fry feels little dry can sprinkle some water.

Arati kaya fry

- Let it cook for few minutes and Raw Banana stir fry or Aratikaya vepudu is ready, now !

Aratikaya vepudu

It tastes good with Rice & Rasam or with chapati too …enjoy the Raw Plantains stir fry !!