Banana chips

Banana chips

Ingredients:

Raw plantain / Banana - 4
Turmeric powder - 1 tbsp
Salt
Coconut oil for deep frying

Preparation:

1. Add turmeric powder and salt to a bowl of water. Peel the plantain and slice it very thin with a slicer or knife and keep it in the turmeric-salt water for sometime.
2. Heat oil in wok and when it is real hot, add the sliced plantain. Stir once so that they dont stick to each other. Fry the chips on a high flame, till they are crisp and golden.
3. Drain to kitchen tissue. Let it cool and then store in airtight container.

Stir-Fried Tindora Recipe

Stir-Fried Tindora Recipe / Kovakka Mezhukkupuratti

Ingredients:

Kovakka / Tindora - 100 gms

Chilly powder - 1/2 tsp

Onions - 1 medium

Ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp

Curry leaves - 1 strand

Salt - to taste

Preparation

Cut kovakka in long slender pieces and boil in very little water with salt.

Heat oil, add mustard and saute the onions, also cut in long pieces. When it has turned golden brown, fry the ginger garlic paste in it. Then add the chilly powder and curry leaves and cook for another minute. Finally add the kovakka and stir till the pieces have turned golden.Then Serve hot as an accompaniment to rice.