Thamizhar Pakkam - Kitchen Section

Visitors Recipe
rawplantain- channa usili
Ingredients
raw plantain 1 onion 1 scrapped coconut - 3 tsp channa dhal (kabuli channa) - 1/2 cup curry leaves - few mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp urad dhal - 1/2 tsp chilli powder - 1/2 tsp turmeric - 1/2 tsp salt - 1 tsp oil - 4 tsp
Method
soak channa dhal overnight and pressure cook it. Drain and allow it to cool completely. cut onion into small pieces finely. cut raw plantain in small round slices and again cut it into four pieces each round slices. Heat a pan, pour oil and season it with mustard and urad dhal. Put the onion and fry it till transperent. Put red chilli powder, turmeric and salt. Then add the raw plantain and fry it till tender. Grind the cooled channa in a chopper . It will be a dry crumbled powder. Add it to the curry. Mix it well to blend. Now put the scrapped coconut and and curry leaves. Continue to fry for 2 more min. Mix well and serve hot with rice and sambar. It is healthy and simple.

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