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Hello blog members 🙏 Today I am going to share a breakfast or lunch recipe. Its made of raw banana. Have you heard of mangalore buns? Its similar to that except the fact that they are made of ripe bananas and these ones are made of raw bananas.

Poori is basically indian fried bread made of wheat flour/ refined flour. Pooris are all time favourite right from any normal day to festivals. You can make poori so easily that its the part of indian cooking from like 100 s of years.

Be it the mangalore buns of coastal Karnataka or the poori- sabzi of UP region. Or bhatura with chole bhture of Delhi or the boori( puri) with sagu of karnataka/ Tamilnadu.Well the list goes on and on. Pooris are made with atta or maida. You can make pooris with dal/ methi. Children loves puris.

I made this puri with raw banana. I had bought raw bananas for banana fry sabzi. But two were remaining. Then came sunday. For every sunday we mostly were having south indian.But for this week I decided to go ahead with this recipe. My husband who was settled in south( karnataka) for 7 years loves his poori with chutney. So I decided to make this banana poori with chuteny.

Lets begin the recipe.. Lets get started..

Preparation : Dough resting :1-2 hrs or Minimum 1/2 n hour. Frying:10-15 mins.

For chutney:20 mins.Serves:4 people

Ingredients needed:

1.Raw banana-2( boiled and grated)

2.Wheat flour -1 cup

3.Refined flour( Maida) -1 cup

4.Green chili-1( finely chopped)

5.Coriander leaves/ kasoori methi-1 tsp

6.Curd-3-4 tsps

7.salt- as per taste, sugar-1 tsp

8.Baking soda-1/2 tsp or eno or baking powder.

9.Cumin seeds-1/2 tsp, Ajwain seeds-1/2 tsp

10.Oil-2 tsp( for crispiness )

11.Oil for frying

Procedure:

1.Firstly take 2 raw bananas and pressure cook them for 2 whistles and keep it aside.

2.For the dough take the atta+ maida, salt, cumin seeds, ajwain seeds, coriander or kasuri methi, sugar and baking powder.Peel the boiled bananas and add curd and start kneading the dough. Add 2 tsp oil and make the dough tight.

3 Our dough is done and let it rest for 1 hr.

For the chutney :

1.Take 1/2 coconut. Take oil in a pan

Add jeera seeds, mustard seeds, heeng, chana dal -1 tsp and urad dal-1 tsp.Saute it well till golden brown, add 2-3 green chillies and tamarind for sourness. Add curry leaves and let the coconut fry till brown. Add salt and mix it well.

2..Let the mixture cool and then grind it finely.

3.For tempering take oil, add cumin seeds, mustard seeds, dried red chilli, curry leaves and heeng and pour over the chutney. Our coconut chutney is ready.

4.After 1 hour, check the dough and knead it again. Take a kadai it should be heavy bottomed. Add oil for frying the puri.

5.Heat the oil nicely and keep on medium flame and drop the puris one by one. The pooris should puff up properly.

6.Our banana pooris are ready to be served with coconut chutney.

You can even make this for guests with aloo subzi.

Note:

1.Pooris should be puffed up well. All depends on the flame of your stove.

2.Add Masalas to your dough as per your wish.

3.You can even have this with kurma or sagu.

4.If you dont like raw bananas you can add boiled potatoes.

Thanks for the support 🙏 Meet you in next blog.

Hello bloggers! Herefter I will post research time weekly once.Its a new segment in my blog to know interesting features related to food.It can be a recipe or food or vegetable or basically anything related to food recipes .Pls support this and comment down below about what you want to know related to food.So enough talk lets research about potatoes today mainly the benefits.You might think benefits?Does aloo has any benefit? Like really ? But shockingly yes.

So what comes in your mind after seeing a potato .Its just a potato right.Potato can be used with any vegetable .It is friends with all vegetables.Mostly potatoes are associated with fat.Yes it has carbs we all know that.We say if you wanna diet and loose weight,stop eating potatoes( our beloved lays/chips/wafers).

So potato is useful but has a bad name as it increases fat.But if you use it wisely it will not increase weight.

So lets study some amusing facts on potatoes:

1.Potato is one of the popular vegetable used in the whole world.Its grown worldwide but its origin is in South America.It was first brought to India by Portugals in 16th Century.

2.Potato is full of starch which is its main nutrient.It even contains sodium,potassium,Vitamin A and D.It also has Vitamin C.Potato reduced scurvy disease in Europe.

3.In order to retain its nutrients potato should be cooked with its peel/rind as the peel contains proteins & minerals.But after frying all the nutrients will be lost.

4.You sometimes find green color in potato,cut the green part as it contains solanine which is poisonous.And if you see sprouted potato also dont use it.

5.Potato juice helps in removing toxins from body and helps in arthritis so we can drink 2 tsp of potato juice everyday.

6.The starch of potato helps in reducing swelling of pancreas as it has anti-inflammatory properties.

For Skin:

1.Fresh juice of potato used for acnee-prone skin.It contains potassium,phosphorous and calcium in it which helps in purification of skin.

2.The potato paste is good for acne ,pimples and wrinkles.

3.You can take a slice of potato and rub it on face for just removing the dirt.

How can you use potatoes in recipe:

Well use when boiled,fried or roasted.

Best recipe:French fries

Indian curries: Dum aloo( aloo mein dum hai),Malai kofta and etc etc.

Chaat:Aloo chat,aloo tikki ( well aloo is the main ingredient of all chats).

And how can we forget Aloo prantha with butter ofcourse.....😜

Did you see potato is the main ingrdient of all the indian dishes.

So thats it for today friends,meet you with next blog tomorrow.Till then take care!

Good morning bloggers! Happy Tuesday 🙏🏻. Always in a hurry to make breakfast but couldn't find more options than oats or sandwich? Here comes idly.No no.. Its not fermented.. Its instant and full of veggies.. Lets begin the recipe.. Lets get started.

Ingredients reqd:

1.Rava/ sooji/ semolia-1 cup

2.curd( sour)-1/2 cup

3.Eno/meetha soda-1 tsp

4.Veggies- carrot, capsicum, onion, coriander leaves, ginger( chopped), green chillies-2 ( chopped), curry leaves-5-7( chopped), cashews-5-7( chopped)

5.Masalas : Oil, cumin seeds, mustard seeds, turmeric powder( for color), red chilli powder-1/2 tsp, Asafetida( heeng)-2 pinch

Preparation:20-25 mins.

1. Firstly add some oil say 1 tsp in a nonstick pan, add sooji( 1 cup) and roast it till its light brown. How much time to roast? Just see whether it sticks to thw spatula.. It should be greasy enuf.

2.After roasting,keep the pan aside. Now take a small pan, add mustard seeds, cumin seeds,heeng, curry leaves and cashews and roast it well.. Add the mixture to the roasted sooji. Now add 1/2 cup curd and mix the soooji well.

3.Add the veggies of your choice and should be finely chopped. Now keep the sooji aside for 1 hour if time. Otherwose 15 mins is enuf.

4.After 1 hr/15 mins, the rava must have soaked the water up. Add water and adjust consistency. Add salt, red chilli powder, turmeric powder and mix it well.

5.Now take a steamer and add water and keep it ready to boil.And grease the idly stand with oil thoroughly.

6.Now add 1/2 tsp oil in the batter for the softness. And add soda/ eno. Don't mix it too much.

7.After the water is boiled, add batter ino idly moulds and place it in boiling water and steam it for 10 mins.

8.Our idlis will be done by 10 mins.

9.Serve it with your choice of chutney. Our simple and healthy breakfast is ready.

Note:

1.You can saute the veggies and add it into mixture.

2.10-15 mins will be enuf for idlis to cook. Just check it witj knife that it doesn't stick.

3.Veggies like bottle gourd and beetrooy can also be added.

4.Many chutney recipes I have provided in the blog, you can try them.

Thanks and have a good day doston🙏🏻

Meet you with new recipe in next blog!

Thatte idly with chutney recipe :

Recipe link:

Hello readers🙏🏻 Long time!How have you all being doing? I am good but was little busy.. So lets get away to the recipe.. Today's recipe is one of the easiest yet healthiest recipe. Well beetroot is a power packed vegetable. It has good source of nitrates and hence used in making sabzi( poriyal), Add ons, soups and mainly for adding its beautiful ocean pink color to any food. The Poriyal ( in Tamil ) can we eaten as a side dish with rice, rasam and sambar.

Ingredients needed:

1.Beetroot -1( big size)( chopped in squares)

2.Onion-1( big size)( chopped finely)

3.Green chilli-2( chopped finely)

4.For tempering: cumin seeds(jeera)-1 tsp, mustard seeds( rai)-1/2 tsp, urad dal-1/2 tsp, chana dal-1/2 tsp, curry leaves-7-8,Heeng-a pinch, coriander powder -1 tsp, red chilli powder( deggi mirch)-1/2 tsp, garam masala-1/2 tsp, salt( as needed), oil

5.For garnishing: shredded coconut and coriander leaves.

How to make:

1.Take a beet and wash it thoroughly. Peel it and cut it in small square pieces( be ready to paint your hands in pink😜)

2.Similarly cut the onions finely and green chilli too.

3.Take a pan, add oil, when heated add the masalas like jeera, rai, heeng, dals and roast it till golden brown.

4.Now add green chilli and onion and roast it well and then add the chopped beets.

5.The beets take time to cook. Just cover it and cook for 15-20 mins.

6.Sprinkle some water from top. Add the masalas like salt, coriander powder, red chilli powder and garam masala and mix it well.

7.Finally add dessicated coconut and coriander leaves from top. Our poriyal is done.

8.Enjoy it with rasam and sambar. It goes well with curd rice also.

Benefits:

1.As it is good source of nitrates, it controls blood pressure.