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