Raw Banana Kofta Curry

About this Recipe...

Raw Banana or Plantain Kofta Curry is a delicious recipe made with fried dumplings in a Onion-Tomato based gravy. Though it is some time consuming recipe, but the end result is awesome.

Ingredients

For making Koftas:

• 1  Raw banana
• 1 medium size potato
• Salt as per taste
• 1tsp Turmeric powder
• 1 tsp Red chilli powder
• 2 Tbsp Gram flour
• Oil for frying koftas 

For the gravy:

• 1 medium size Onion paste
• 2 tbsp oil
• 1 tsp Ginger paste
• 1 tsp Garlic paste
• 1 tsp Green chilli paste
• 1 medium size Tomato puree
• 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
• 1 tsp Cumin powder
• 1 tsp Coriander powder
• 1 tsp Red chilli powder
• Salt to taste
• 1/2 tsp Garam masala powder
• Finely chopped cilantro for garnishing

Directions

1. Peel the raw banana and boil it with potato, after it boiled let it cool down little bit and smash it. Now add gram flour, turmeric powder, chili powder and salt as per taste, sprinkle little bit of water and make round shape balls.
2. Now in a pan fry the kofta balls till it gets golden brown color and keep it aside.
3. Now in the pan add 2 tbsp of oil, when the oil gets hot add the onion paste and fry it till the raw smell goes away.
4. Now add ginger-garlic-green chili paste and fry it with the onion paste, after few seconds add turmeric, cumin, coriander, red chili powder and fry it till everything gets incorporated well with each other.
5. Now add tomato purée with the spices and mix it well and cover the lid for sometime so that everything gets cooked well.
6. After sometime add sufficient water to make a smooth gravy and let it come to a boil.
7. When the gravy will boil add the koftas and cook it for 2-3 minutes.
8. After 2-3 minutes sprinkle garam masala and garnish the curry with cilantro and serve it with rice or roti.