Banana Stem Kachori

Have you heard or eaten Banana Stem Kachori?
Here it is. Try and enjoy this yummy snack.

Banana stem kachori is a perfect snack for the evening. It is crispy and filling.

It is purely my creation and it turned out so well and we had it plain kachoris, with curd and onion and with sweet and sour chutney.
I have seen ppl eating chat with this raw banana stem pieces. .
I have already put Banana Stem Curry in my previous post. I will surely put up the link for Banana stem curry, so that you can follow and prepare the curry.
In this way you can make children eat banana stem.

Here is a link to prepare Banana Stem Curry :

Banana Stem Curry

Let us see the recipe now :

Things needed :

To stuff :
Banana stem curry : 1 Bowl
Besan : Gram flour : Channa dal flour : 2 Tablespoons
Garam Masala : 1/2 Tsp
Jeera : 1/2 Tsp
Salt : Required
To dough :
Wheat flour : 2 Cups
Salt : Required
Jeera / Cumin Seeds : 1/2 Tsp
Garam Masala : 1/2 Tsp
Ghee : 1 Tbs
Cooking Oil : To Fry

Method :

1. Grind Banana stem curry in a mixi jar. (Do not use any water to grind).

2. Take out from the jar and put it in a bowl.

3. Add jeera, salt and garam masala and 2 tablespoons of besan to it.

4. Mix it well and keep it aside.

5. Take a big bowl and add wheat flour. Add salt and jeera.

6. Add a tbs of ghee, 1/2 tsp of garam masala and mix it nicely.

7. Add water and prepare the thick dough.

8. Kneed the dough well and divide into small portions.

9. Now roll the small portion.
10. Place  a tbs of banana stem curry mixture and pull the edges to top.

11. Join the edges from the top portion and press it at the middle. See that it does not get open.

12. Keep a frying pan on the fire and heat. Put cooking oil and heat it.

13. Now let the flame be low. Put prepard kachoris and fry on low flame.

14. Fry on both sides till it turns golden brown.

15. Repeat the same and prepare the rest of the banana kachoris.

We had Kachoris with curd and cut onions. It taste good and  curd helps to digest the food easily and reduces the heat from our body.

Note :

Use of channa flour /besam/gram flour helps to absorb the moisture from banana stem curry.
Adding any other spices like chat masala, amechooru powder etc is optional.
Use of maida instead of wheat flour is optional. I have used wheat. It is a healthy option for maida.
Time : 30 Minutes.
15 Kachoris can be prepared.

Finger Millet - Dates Unde

Ragi Huri hittu /Finger Millet roasted flour and Dates Unde is the sweet Unde I tried very recently.

There is no sugar or no ghee. It gets the sweets from dates. Dates are rich in iron, calcium and other vitamins and minerals. It helps you to keep strong and prevents cold, cough in distance manner. 

Just check this video that I have done recently and it is easy to understand my language, thats kannada language from Karnataka.

As I said it is very simple Unde.

All you need is 

Ragi Huri hittu/Roasted finger millet flour and dates. Yalakki is added in powder form.

I have used cashew nuts and badam/almonds in pieces. I did not roast it.

Remove the seed from dates and need to pound it. To pound I used my kitchen slab and the chapati roller. Kept all the dates on kitchen self and hit with the chapati roller till it turns soft.

Then put ragi huri hittu, this pounded dates with cut cashews and badam. 

Mix all the ingredients and take a small portion and roll it in your hand. 

Small laddu is eneough to get your thurst.

Small laddu is eneough to get your thurst.