Kaalan

A Kerala speciality - Raw bananas cooked with ground coconut and yogurt and tempered .an interesting South Indian recipe, Kaalan is a dish made with banana, yoghurt and coconut. This recipe has featured on the show Khanakhazana.

By Sanjeev Kapoor 07 Mar 2019 in Recipes Veg

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Kaalan

Main Ingredients	Raw banana, Coconut
Cuisine	Tamil Nadu
Course	Main Course Vegetarian
Prep Time	11-15 minutes
Cook time	26-30 minutes
Serve	4
Taste	Spicy
Level of Cooking	Moderate
Others	Veg

Ingredients

4 medium raw bananas
Salt to taste
2 green chillies, slit
½ teaspoon red chilli powder
¼ teaspoon turmeric powder
¾ cup scraped coconut
½ teaspoon cumin seeds
1 cup yogurt
4 tablespoons oil
1 teaspoon mustard seeds
½ teaspoon fenugreek seeds
2 whole red chillies, halved
10 curry leaves

Method

Peel the bananas. Halve them lengthwise and cut into small pieces.
Take two cups of water in a pan. Add salt, green chillies, red chilli powder, turmeric powder and raw banana pieces. Bring it to a boil. Reduce heat, cover and cook.
Grind together coconut, cumin seeds with a little water to a fine paste. Whisk yogurt.
When the bananas are tender, add the ground paste and mix lightly. Add yogurt and mix. Remove from heat and keep it covered.
Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds, fenugreek seeds, red chillies, curry leaves. Once the seeds crackle add the tempering to the bananas and keep it covered till you serve.

Nutrition Info

Calories	422
Carbohydrates	33.45
Protein	5.425
Fat	29.7
Other Fiber	1.3

#Coconut #Green chillies #Raw banana #Red chilli powder #Salt #Turmeric powder