Chaitra Navratri Festival 2018- Raw Banana Cutlets For Fast

These cutlets are easy to make and are healthier options for fasting. One can deep fry/shallow fry these cutlets or if you are health conscious, just make these cutlets in pan with very little oil/ghee.

Ingredients

Raw bananas 5 medium size
Green chilies 4
Sendha namak/rock salt 1¼ tsp or to taste
Chopped coriander leaves 2-3 tbsp
Ghee to cook or shallow fry

Method

- Wash raw bananas. Cut each banana in half and boil it until it is tender. I boiled the bananas in the pressure cooker on medium heat. If you are boiling bananas in the cooker, it takes 1 whistle.

- Keep boiled bananas aside to cool them a bit.

- Remove the stems, wash and finely chop the green chilies.

- Peel and mash the boiled bananas thoroughly.

- In a bowl take the mashed bananas, chopped green chilies, chopped coriander leaves, and salt. Mix all the ingredients well.

- The following photo shows all the ingredients of raw banana tikki.

- Now divide the mixture into 16 portions and make flat discs as shown in the picture below.

- Keep these discs or tikkis in the fridge for 10 minutes to let them rest.

- Heat a griddle or a pan. Grease the bottom with ghee. Cook both sides of the banana tikkies until they are golden red.

- You can also shallow fry or deep fry the tikkies. For shallow frying- In a shallow frying pan, heat some ghee. Shallow fry the raw banana tikkies on medium-high heat until they are golden red in color.

- Delicious and crunchy raw banana cutlets are ready to serve. Serve with phalahari chutney. You can also serve some phalahari drinks.