Balekai palya recipe | How to make raw banana fry | Balekayi masale palya
By Latha on Oct 10th, 2020
Balekai palya or raw banana stir fry recipe explained with step by step pictures and a video. Fresh ground masala is used in this baalekayi playa and it tastes too good with rice or chapathi. This balakai palya is prepared using raw banana, fresh grated coconut, coriander seeds, cumin seeds, mustard seeds, green chilli, coriander leaves are used along with a big fat tempering.
You can use any raw banana for this palya recipe. And if the bananas are very tender, you need not even peel the bananas. Raw banana recipes are very tasty. Apart from this palya, you can prepare mixed vegetable sambar, banana chips, banana or balekai snacks, avial and bajji using raw banana.
My mother always prepares this balekai palya. My mother lives in a village and it is very common to get raw bananas there due to heavy wind during rainy seasons. Due to rain and wind banana tree will fall. Also sometimes monkeys will come and start eating raw bananas and they will destroy the whole tree.
You can find many palya or stir fry recipes on this website like sweet potato palya, pumpkin palya, bendekayi or ladies finger palya, bittergourd sweet curry, thondekai palya, Mixed vegetable palya, beans palya, badanekayi palya, Hagalakayi palya, Boodu kumbalakai or ash gourd palya and north karnataka special zunka vadi recipes.
I have made a video on this recipe with Kannada narration, which I have embedded it below. Kindly have a look.
Preparation time: 15 min
Cooking time: 20 min
Serves: 4
Ingredients: (measuring cup used = 240ml)
- 4 medium sized raw bananas or balekai
- A big pinch of turmeric powder
- A pinch of asafoetida
- Salt as per your taste
- Small gooseberry sized tamarind
Ingredients for grinding:
- 1 tsp coriander seeds
- 1/2 tsp cumin seeds
- 1/4 tsp mustard seeds
- 1/2 cup grated coconut
- 2 - 4 green chillies
- Some coriander leaves
Ingredients for tempering:
- 1 red chili
- 5 - 6 curry leaves
- 1/2 tsp mustard seeds
- 1 tsp gram dal
- 1 tsp urad dal
- 2 tbsp cooking oil
Instructions for making balekai palya or raw banana stir fry:
- Peel the raw bananas and rinse them.
- Chop them into pieces. I have used 4 medium sized raw bananas.
- In a deep frying pan, prepare tempering using 2 tbsp oil, mustard seeds, gram dal, urad dal and red chilles.
- Add in curry leaves once the mustard seeds start to splutter.
- Add in chopped raw banana. Add in turmeric powder and asafoetida. Give a quick mix.
- Add in salt and tamarind paste. Add 1/2 cup of water. Give a quick mix.
- Close the lid and cook until soft under low flame.
- Meantime take coconut, coriander seeds, cumin seeds and mustard seeds in a mixie jar.
- Add in coriander leaves and gree chilli. Grind until semifine paste by adding required water.
- Wait until the raw banana is cooked. Add in ground masala.
- Give a good mix and continue cooking for 2 minutes. Serve it with hot rice or chapathi and enjoy!!
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