Yummy & Nutritious Raw Banana Tikki (Kachcha Kela Tikki)

I wish to confess!!

 

Most of the things I love eating are generally not so healthy. Like Pizza (the cheese burst version), Red meat instead of chicken or fish, cheese sandwich instead of plain veg sandwich, Chole bhature, cold coffee with oodles of ice cream and the list goes on…… Even at home I like to make food much spicier and flavourful with ghee or butter.

 

But this is one thing that is healthy, tasty and guilt free. Yes ofcourse expect the fact that it is fried. Trust me you will love it! Raw banana tikki is a great snack and those like me who hates raw banana subzi, can have their dose of raw banana nutrition this way. ;))

Pin the ingredients please

• 3 raw bananas

• One small onion

• Half inch ginger

• 2 green chillies

• 1/2 spoon aamchoor/ chat masala

• 1/3rd spoon red chilli powder

• 1/3rd spoon rosted cumin powder

• Salt as per taste

• a pinch asafoetida

• Some chopped coriander

• one small potato/ a slice of brown bread

• Semolina a.k.a sooji

To start with, wash raw bananas and chop off its head and tail.

 

Take a pan , pour some water in it. Add a pinch of turmeric and put raw bananas.

 

You need to boil the bananas till it gets soft. Check by inserting a knife or a fork.

 

Once the bananas are done and cooled off, peel its skin and mash it in a big bowl.

 

Add finely chopped onion, a little grated ginger, a pinch asafoetida, salt, little aamchoor/ chat masala, roasted cumin powder, chopped coriander, chopped green chillies and a little red chilli powder. In this mixture you may add one small potato. Or skip potato for a healthier version and add a piece of bread; or add soya granules. Adding sabudana also works well and gives the tikkis a good crunch. So it is purely your choice, permutation and combination. I generally mix in a piece of brown bread. Bread/ potato help to hold the ingredients well.

 

 

Once all the ingredients are put in the bowl, knead it well to make smooth dough. Take small portions of this dough and shape in round balls using your palms. Then flatten it in a tikki shape. Take care that you do not have any cracks on the edges. This is quite artistic and the artist in me loves this step :)).

 

 

Once you attain the desired shape,coat the raw tikkis with semolina (sooji). This is important so that the tikkis gets a nice golden crunchy coating.

 

The final step is to deep fry the tikkis. Do not fry on high flame as the inside will remain raw. Fry the tikkis on medium flame and keep flipping it after regular interval. The colour will tell you if the tikkis are ready. Just take it off once it gets a nice crunchy golden texture. Drain on tissue to get rid of extra oil.

 

 

 

My mother goes that extra mile and always prepares green and red chutneys with tikki. I am too lazy to do that. I enjoy my tikkis with ready-made imli chutney. Yum Yum!!