Raw banana fry is a easy and simple side dish recipe made in Tamilnadu with raw bananas. This is a crispy and delicious raw banana fry made with very less oil. It is a moderately spiced and tastes very delicious with sambar or rasam rice.
Raw banana or unripe banana or plantain is a very widely used vegetable in Indian cooking. In Tamilnadu we use it for making poriyal, podimas, kootu, chips. Raw banana is also used for making kofta, korma, undhiyu, bajji. Raw bananas are very nutritious and wholesome so we do include it in our diet often.
This crispy raw banana fry is a delicious side dish from Tamilnadu cuisine. This spicy, flavorful and crispy side dish goes very well sambar rice, rasam rice or curd rice.
What Is Raw Banana Fry?
Raw banana fry recipe or vazhakkai fry is a traditional Tamilnadu recipe made with raw banana. This is a easy preparation where raw banana is cut into thin rounds, tossed with salt and spice powders. They are cooked in low flame till golden and crispy. This vazhakkai fry is tasty, addictive and will be a hit with toddlers and kids especially.
The delicious raw banana fry recipe is a vegan, no onion garlic recipe. You can make this simple recipe in 30 minutes. It tastes delicious with any south Indian meal.
This recipe does not require much oil at all, with very less oil you can make crispy raw banana fry, just make sure to cook in lowest flame and stir occasionally. This easy Brahmin style vazhakkai fry recipe is from my mom that we grew up eating.
Raw Banana Fry Ingredients
Raw banana or plantain.
Use well grown firm unripe banana for this recipe. It should be long and completely green without yellow spots. Peel the raw banana and slice them into roundels. It is important to keep the sliced raw banana in water until use. Vazhakkai gets oxidized very quickly and turns black. So keep them in water until use.
Spice Powders
You will need the basic spice powders used in Tamil recipes like chili powder, turmeric powder. I have also added a pinch of asafoetida but you can easily leave it out for gluten free raw banana fry.
Other ingredients you need for making vazhakkai fry are oil, mustard seeds, curry leaves and salt.
How To Make Raw Banana Fry Easily?
To make raw banana fry, begin by peeling and chopping the raw banana. Combine oil, salt, chili powder, turmeric powder in a bowl. Add the chopped raw banana and toss well. Let sit for 10 minutes.
Heat 3 tablespoons oil in a pan. Temper with mustard seeds and urad dal. Add curry leaves and saute. Now add the marinated raw banana and saute well. Cook in low flame for 15 minutes in open pan. The fry should turn crispy and golden. Serve hot or warm with rice.
How To Make Raw Banana Fry With Rice Flour?
To make this raw banana fry extra crispy you can add flour. You can either add rice flour while marinating the raw banana with spice powders or just sprinkle some while cooking.
How To Make Raw Banana Fry With Besan?
Instead of rice powder you can add besan or chickpea flour. Besan makes the fry very crispy and also add amazing flavor.
What Goes Well With Raw Banana Fry?
This simple south Indian raw banana fry goes very well with all south Indian meals. We love it with sambar rice, rasam rice, curd rice, lemon rice, tomato rice.
You can also pack this vazhakkai fry in tiffin after cooling to room temperature.
More side dish recipes for rice:
Potato fry, okra fry, cauliflower poriyal, carrot curry recipes.
How To Raw Banana Fry Step by Step
1. Select firm raw bananas and peel the skin.
2. Slice into thin rounds.
3. Take the cut raw banana in a mixing bowl. Add salt, turmeric powder, chili powder, oil and toss well. Set aside for 15 minutes.
4. Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a pan. Temper with mustard seeds, urad dal. Add curry leaves and saute well.
5. Add the marinated raw banana slices and mix well.
6. Lower the flame and cook, stir every now and then.
7. Continue to cook till the raw banana pieces turn crispy and golden brown (for about 12-15 minutes). Serve raw banana fry hot with rice.
Raw Banana Fry Recipe
Raw banana fry recipe- crispy tawa fried raw banana to serve with rice.
- 2 raw bananas firm
- 1/2 teaspoon chili powder
- 1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder
- 1/4 teaspoon asafoetida
- Salt
- 1/2 teaspoon Oil
- 1/2 teaspoon mustard seeds
- 1 teaspoon urad dal
- 6-7 curry leaves
- 2 tablespoons oil
- Select firm raw bananas and peel the skin.
- Slice into thin rounds.
- Take the cut raw banana in a mixing bowl. Add salt, turmeric powder, chili powder, oil and toss well. Set aside for 15 minutes.
- Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a pan. Temper with mustard seeds, urad dal. Add curry leaves and saute well.
- Add the marinated raw banana slices and mix well.
- Lower the flame and cook, stir every now and then.
- Continue to cook till the raw banana pieces turn crispy and golden brown (for about 12-15 minutes). Serve raw banana fry hot with rice.
1. You can add water or some curd for marination instead of oil.
2. You can add finely chopped onions while tempering.
3. Make sure you slice the raw banana of same size.
Yummy crispy raw banana fry.