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Raw Banana Pakora

By Mita Mondal
Raw banana pakora is made from grated raw banana mixed with garlic, gram flour, rice flour, onion, green chilies, coriander, and curry leaves, along with a variety of powdered aromatic spices. It is then deep-fried to perfection in hot cooking oil.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
Course Veg Snacks
Cuisine Indian
Servings 4
Calories 183 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 1 piece raw banana peeled, grated
  • 8 cloves garlic roughly crushed
  • 2 tbsp gram flour besan
  • 2 tbsp rice flour
  • 1 tbsp red chili powder
  • ½ tbsp Kashmiri red chili powder
  • 1 tsp cumin seeds powder
  • 1 tsp turmeric powder
  • ½ tsp asafetida powder
  • 1 piece onion medium size, finely chopped
  • 1 piece green chili finely chopped
  • Salt to taste
  • Curry leaves – a few for the mixture and a few for garnishing
  • Coriander leaves – a few
  • 2 tbsp refined cooking oil hot, to add in the banana mixture
  • 1 cup cooking oil for deep frying

Instructions
 

  • Take a raw banana. Peel it with a vegetable peeler.
  • Now, grate the peeled banana. Keep the grated banana in a bowl aside.
  • Now, roughly crush about 8 cloves of garlic in a mortar and pestle.
  • Now, add all powdered spices and ingredients to the grated banana in the bowl such as 2 tbsp of gram flour (besan), 2 tbsp of rice flour, 1 tbsp of red chili powder, ½ tbsp of Kashmiri red chili powder, 1 tsp of cumin seeds powder, 1 tsp of turmeric powder, and ½ tsp of asafetida powder.
  • Then, follow it with 1 piece of onion (medium size, finely chopped), 1 piece of green chili (finely chopped), and the crushed garlic cloves.
  • Now add a few curry leaves, a few coriander leaves, and salt to taste.
  • Mix everything nicely. Check the consistency. Keep it aside.
  • Heat 1 cup of refined cooking oil in a kadai to a medium temperature on a medium flame. Take out 2 tbsp of hot cooking oil.
  • Add it to the banana mixture.
  • Mix it nicely.
  • Take small portions of the raw banana mixture in your hand and put them very carefully in the hot oil. Do it from one side of the kadai. This will prevent the hot oil from sprinkling on you. Fry them for a few minutes on a low to medium flame. (Pro tip: Do not put too many pakoras in the oil at one time. It will be difficult to flip them. It will also prevent them from being cooked nicely, inside out).
  • When you notice one side of the pakoras has turned slightly golden-brown, flip them very carefully and fry them further by sprinkling hot oil on them continuously with the strainer.
  • Remove them when the pakoras have turned brown nicely from all sides.
  • Put them on a piece of tissue paper on a plate to absorb the excess oil.
  • In the meantime, in the same oil, put a handful of curry leaves.
  • Quickly remove them when fried.
  • Put them on the fried banana pakoras on the plate.
  • Finally, transfer them to a bowl. Your tasty and crunchy homemade raw banana pakoras are now ready to serve.
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Notes

If the raw bananas are fresh, the texture of the pakoras is softer and tastier.
A little hot oil added while preparing the banana mixture makes them lighter and fluffier when fried.
I didn't mince the garlic too much, just lightly pressed it - this gives a different aroma and flavour to each piece.
If fried on low or medium flame, the pakoras cook well inside and remain crispy on the outside.
I added fried curry leaves on top, which enhanced the flavour as well as the aroma - but you can skip these if you do not want to add them.

Nutrition Info (Estimation Only)

Nutrition Facts
Raw Banana Pakora
Amount per Serving
Calories
 
183
Calories from Fat 108
% Daily Value*
Fat
 
12
g
18
%
Saturated Fat
 
1
g
6
%
Trans Fat
 
0.04
g
Polyunsaturated Fat
 
3
g
Monounsaturated Fat
 
7
g
Sodium
 
93
mg
4
%
Potassium
 
286
mg
8
%
Carbohydrates
 
19
g
6
%
Fiber
 
3
g
13
%
Sugar
 
6
g
7
%
Protein
 
3
g
6
%
Vitamin A
 
918
IU
18
%
Vitamin C
 
8
mg
10
%
Calcium
 
38
mg
4
%
Iron
 
2
mg
11
%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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