Recipe: Perfect Raw Banana Kofta Curry

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Wash and dry the bananas correctly. Cut the stem of the banana, and reduce the banana into thick items. Put the chopped banana items within the cooker to boil. You can cook Raw Banana Kofta Curry using 15 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Raw Banana Kofta Curry

1. Prepare of Raw banana.
2. Prepare of Tomato.
3. You need of Green chillies.
4. It's of Ginger.
5. You need of Peanuts.
6. Prepare of Ginger paste.
7. Prepare of Garam masala.
8. It's of Besan flour.
9. It's of Turmeric Powder.
10. Prepare of Coriander Powder.
11. You need of Red chilli powder.
12. It's of Dry methi leaves.
13. You need of Garam masala.
14. It's of Salt.
15. You need of Water.

Raw Banana Kofta aka Kela Kofta is a classic among North Indian vegetarian recipes usually served on special occasions. Though its a labor intensive dish its worth the time and effort due to its great flavor. The dumplings (raw banana kofta) can be served as an appetizer or can be simmered in a rich gravy and served as a main course dish. Raw banana kofta curry is a very flavorful, soft kofta made curry.

Raw Banana Kofta Curry step by step

1. Wash and dry the raw bananas. Cut and remove the stalk of banana from both the sides. Cut the thick pieces of the banana. Put the pieces of the raw banana in the pressure cooker to boil and add 2cup of water. After that close the lid of the cooker and boil the bananas..
2. After that Turn the flame to low after the 2 whistle and cook the bananas for 3 minutes.Switch off the flame after the 2 minutes and open the lid after the pressure of the cooker is released. Strain the water out of the bananas. Leave the bananas to cool down and after that peel them. Mash all the peeled bananas..
3. Add the besan flour, salt, red chilli powder, ginger paste, garam masala and finely chopped green coriander in the mashed bananas and mix them properly. The mixture is ready for the koftas..
4. Preheat oil in the kadai. Apply some oil on your palms, take some portion of the mixture and roll it to make the round ball out of it. Place the prepared ball in the plate and make balls of the whole mixture..
5. As the portion starts rising above add all the balls in the wok to fry. The oil should be extremely heated and the flame should be high. Stir, flip and fry the balls until they are golden brown in colour. Take out the fried balls in the plate and it takes almost 10-12 minutes to fry the balls..
6. To prepare the masala mixture   Prepare a paste of the peanuts, tomatoes, ginger and green chilli. Preheat 2 tbsp of oil and roast the cumin seeds, turmeric powder, coriander powder, dry methi leaves in the heated oil..
7. Add the prepared paste and red chilli powder in the roasted spices. Stir and roast them until the oil separates from the masala mixture. Add and mix the 3 cups of water, salt, garam masala, chopped green coriander..
8. Add the fried balls in the gravy once it boils. Cook the gravy for 5 minutes on the low flame. The curry is ready after the 2 minutes. Switch off the flame and take out the curry in a bowl. Garnish the curry with chopped green coriander and serve it..

In case, you want to know what is kofta then within a few words, I would say this a savoury small balls made with vegetables, meat etc. In this case, it is made with mainly raw banana fruit (kacha kela in Hindi). Raw banana kofta curry is very popular across the country. Raw Banana Kofta Curry Raw Banana Kofta Curry is a spicy, sweet and tangy coconut based curry with fried raw banana (plantain) dumplings. This curry is vegan and gluten free.