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!!
