Baalekayi Pepper Roast | Raw Plantain Roast | Snack Recipes
Author: Vindhya Desai
Recipe type: Snack
Cuisine: Indian
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Serves: 1 bowl
- 1 raw plantain/baalekayi
- 2 Tbsp ghee
- 15 whole black peppercorns
- ½ Tsp jeera
- ½ Tsp uddina bele/urad dal
- 7-8 curry leaves
- Salt to taste
- Wash the plantain
- Make slits along the peel carefully and open up the peel along the slits
- Slice the plantain into medium thick slices
- In a pan, heat ghee and add jeera/cumin, allow it to splutter
- Add urad-dal and fry until light golden
- In a mortar, roughly pound the whole black pepper-corns
- Add the crushed pepper into the tadka
- Also throw in a few curry leaves and let them crisp up
- Keep this tadka aside
- In the same pan, add the sliced plantain and a few more drops of ghee
- Coat with the remaining tadka and mix well
- Allow the plantain to roast well and crisp up on the edges
- Season with salt and toss them
- Add the tadka we made earlier and mix well
- Enjoy as a snack or as a side dish with saaru/rasam and steamed rice
You can also roast the plantain in the oven for 8-10 minutes at 180 Deg C
Use less amount of pepper if serving to kids
Ensure that the plantain is raw and not ripe
Recipe by Food Of Interest at https://foodofinterest.com/baalekayi-pepper-roast/
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