Sutta Vazhakkai Podi | Kachche kele ka bharta | Smoked raw plantain stir fry

Ingredients:
- 2 raw plantains
- 1tbsp jaggery
- To roast and grind
- 2 tbsp chana dal
- 1 tbsp urad dal
- 4 red chillies
- 1 tbsp tamarind
- 1 tbsp sesame seeds
- 1/2 tbsp Coriander seeds
- 1/2 tbsp cumin seeds
- 1 tbsp curry leaves
- 4 tbsp grated coconut
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- Oil 2 tbsp
- 1 tsp mustard seeds
- 1/4 tsp hing
- Curry leaves
- 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
- Sutta vazhakkai podi or smoked raw plantain stir-fry recipe is prepared by roasting plantains directly over fire, pounding with freshly ground spices and then stir-frying.
- It is similar to bharta prepared in North India but is a sookha or dry bharta.
- This podi can be had by mixing with hot rice and ghee or can be had as an accompaniment to sambar rice, rasam rice, or any rice varieties or Rotis.
- This is a traditional recipe with a few twists.
Step by step procedure
- Wash the plantains and apply oil on their surface.
- Then light the flame of the gas stove and place the plantains on fire. Keep shifting the plantains so that the heat is evenly distributed on them. Use a pincher to do this.
- After the plantains are fully roasted transfer to a plate to cool down
- Now while the plantains are cooling, roast the ingredients for the masala. Heat 1 tbsp oil. when the oil is hot, keep the flame low and roast chana dal/ split Bengal gram, urad dal/ split black gram, sesame seeds, coriander seeds, cumin seeds/ jeera, tamarind, red chillies and curry leaves.
- Stir on a low flame for 2 minutes.
- while the roasted ingredients are cooling down, peel the skin of the roasted plantains with the help of a paring knife and/peeler. Then wash to remove any particles and chop roughly.
- Transfer the roasted and cooled ingredients to a mixer jar. Grind coarsely without adding water. Add the roasted, peeled and chopped raw plantains and PULSE. DO NOT GRIND, JUST PULSE.
- Now heat a heavy bottomed pan. Add 2 tbsp coconut oil.
- when the oil is hot, add mustard seeds.
- when the mustard seeds crackle, add asafoetida and curry leaves.
- Add cashew nuts. Roast until the nuts turn golden.
- Add turmeric powder
- Add the ground mixture of roasted spices and plantains
- cook on a medium flame for 2 minutes, stirring intermittently
- after 2 minutes, add jaggery
- cook on a low flame for 3 minutes and switch off the flame
- After 3 minutes, switch off the flame. Yummy roasted raw plantains is ready.
- Serve hot with rice or rotis.
Sutta vazhakai podi | Kela ka bharta
Summary of recipe
- Wash the plantains and apply oil on their surface.
- Then light the flame of the gas stove and place the plantains on fire. Keep shifting the plantains so that the heat is evenly distributed on them. Use a pincher to do this.
- After the plantains are fully roasted transfer to a plate to cool down
- Now while the plantains are cooling, roast the ingredients for the masala.
- Heat 1 tbsp oil. when the oil is hot, keep the flame low and roast chana dal/ split Bengal gram, urad dal/ split black gram, sesame seeds, coriander seeds, cumin seeds/ jeera, tamarind, red chillies and curry leaves.
- Stir on a low flame for 2 minutes.
- while the roasted ingredients are cooling down, peel the skin of the roasted plantains with the help of a paring knife and/peeler. Then wash to remove any particles and chop roughly.
- Transfer the roasted and cooled ingredients to a mixer jar.
- Grind coarsely without adding water.
- Add the roasted, peeled and chopped raw plantains and PULSE.
- DO NOT GRIND, JUST PULSE.
- Now heat a heavy-bottomed pan.
- Add 2 tbsp coconut oil.
- when the oil is hot, add mustard seeds.
- when the mustard seeds crackle, add asafoetida and curry leaves.
- Add cashew nuts. Roast until the nuts turn golden.
- Add turmeric powder
- Add the ground mixture of roasted spices and plantains
- cook on a medium flame for 2 minutes, stirring intermittently
- after 2 minutes, add jaggery
- cook on a low flame for 3 minutes and switch off the flame
- After 3 minutes, switch off the flame. Yummy roasted raw plantains are ready.
- Serve hot with rice or rotis.
- You may want to check out roasted eggplant or sutta kathirikai
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