Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Unnakaya

Ingredients
  • Half riped banana(nenthrampazham) - 4 nos
  • Coconut grated - 2 cups
  • Cashew - 25gm
  • Raisins - 25gm
  • Sugar - 2 tbsp
  • Cardamom Powder - 1tsp
  • Ghee - 1tbsp
  • Oil for shallow frying

Method
  • Cut bananas into pieces and steam it in a pressure cooker. Cool it and then remove the black seeds in the middle and mash it.
  • Heat ghee in a frying pan. Add cashew nut, raisins, grated coconut and sugar. Sauté on a low heat till it turns slightly brown.
  • Grease your hands with a little ghee. Make a lemon size ball out of the banana 'dough' and flatten it. Stuff it with grated coconut- cashew - kismis mixture and roll into elongated shape very carefully.
  • Now heat the oil. Shallow fry the unnakaya on a low flame till golden color on both sides.

Regards,
Lakshmi S Nair
Magic At Kitchen