Raw Banana Roast

 This is a spicy recipe which can be had with cooked plain rice or with Phulkas / Chappathies.

Ingredients needed for the Raw Banana Roast
2 raw bananas / Plantains (which we use for cooking)
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
2 tsps chilli powder
Salt to taste
a pinch of Asafoetida
Oil as needed

How to prepare Raw Banana Roast
Cut the bananas in to thin round slices ( don't make them very thin as they might break while cooking and get mashed).
Heat oil  in a wide bottommed pan, Add the cut banana pieces and cook till they get cooked  and  get golden.
Add salt to taste, chilli powder and the turmeric powder. Sprinkle a little water to mix the powders nicely with the bananas and to see the chilli powder does not get burnt.
Simmer and cover for a minute or two until the raw smell of the chilli powder is not there.. Pinch some curry leaves and add to the Bananas.
Serve hot.

Kadala Pachakkaya Kootucurry

Ingredients needed for the Kadala Pachakaya Kootucurry
1 cup kadala soaked overnight and cooked till soft
salt to taste
1/4 tsp turmeric powder
1 tsp ginger chopped
3 green chillies chopped
This Kadala and Pachakkaya that is Channa or the Bengal Gram  with raw or green  Plantains / Bananas  is a tasty curry dish and a very healthy one too.

Ingredients needed for the Kadala Pachakaya Kootucurry
3 cups raw bananas chopped

Ingredients needed  to Grind to a paste
1 1/2 cups grated coconut
a pinch cumin seeds
4 small onions chopped
3 red chillies
curry leaves

To temper the Kootu curry
oil
1 tsp mustard seeds
2 red chillies
curry leaves
2 tsps grated coconut

How to prepare the Kadala Pachakaya Kootucurry:
Take a vessel, add cooked channa, salt to taste, turmeric powder, chopped raw bananas and ginger with just enough water to cook till the bananas get soft.
Grind the ingredients for the paste into a somewhat smooth paste.
Add the paste to the cooked vegetables and mix well. Simmer and cook till theb gravy gets thick.
Heat oil in a fry pan, splutter mustard. Add red chillies broken into bits, grated coconut and curry leaves . When they get browned pour over the curry.
Serve with rice and side dishes.

Points to Note while making the kootucurry:
Pachakaya is raw plantain / raw Banana as it is called.  can be used both varities of plantains Monthankaya / bonthankaya and nendrankaya /  kerala plantains.
Chopped raw plantains should be steeped in water with a little turmeric powder. If not the plantains will get darker and will not look right .

Dal Mulaghuishyam Recipe

Ingredients needed for Mulaghuishyam :
1 cup Thuvaram paruppu (tuar dal),
1/2 green unripe banana (chopped),
1 piece yam chopped,
1 cup grated coconut,
1 tsp red chilli powder,
1/4 tsp pepper powder,
1/2 tsp turmeric powder,
1/4 tsp mustard seeds
1/4  tsp  cumin seeds,
a stalk or two curry leaves
coconut oil as needed for tempering,
salt to taste.

How to prepare Dal Mulaghuishyam:
Pressure cook dal separately and keep aside.
Cook chopped vegetables separately.
Remove 2 tsps of the grated coconut and keep aside.
Grind the rest of the coconut with the cumin seeds to a fine paste.
Add chilli powder, pepper powder and salt to the dal.
Bring it to boil, add the cooked vegetables and the ground coconut jeera paste.
Simmer for a minute or two. Remove and keep aside.
Heat 2 tsps of coconut oil, splutter mustard, add red chilli bits and the 2 tsps of grated coconut.
Fry till the coconut turns golden. Add curry leaves and when they brown pour over the curry.
Serve hot with rice.