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A Healthy Snack    Its Monday and that means the #FoodieMonday #Bloghop group will have a theme decided on last week and the recipes are live on Mondays. For our #89th theme ,our group decided on #raw bananas which was suggested by Kriti, food blogger at Krispy Kadhai .    I'm not new to raw bananas, plantains or matoke as its called in East Africa. Matoke is a part of the staple diet for many Ugandans. They add it to stew, mash it, fry it, grill it in charcoal fire or boil it. Lets not confuse the normal sweet banana with the raw banana or plantain. Plantain is the cousin of the sweet banana. It has many nutritional values just like the sweet banana. However, you cannot consume plantains in the raw form. Many diet plans replace plantains to make tortillas, cakes, cookies, mash, pizza base etc.The charming thing about plantains is that they are available throughout the year.The reason plantains is a part of the staple diet for many African countries is because its h...

raw banana, sweet plantain, plantains          My mum use to make raw banana or plantain bhajias or fritters for Ekadashi. No measurements, she would just mix grated banana with mashed potatoes and spices. Simple and yummy. However, I was yearning for some kofta curry. Ekadashi and kofta curry. Well that is possible. I made them with plantains and paneer. Kofta curry without onions and garlic you might question? Well its totally possible. I didn't want to make rajgira puris as I find them too oily. Instead, I made some farari theplas and the meal was ready.        Normal sweet bananas are eaten as a fruit and the green plantains, sweet plantains or raw bananas are different. They belong to the banana family but are used as a vegetable. The fleshy part of the plantain is low in sugar, starchy and gluten free. Ripe plantains may turn black but the fleshy part retains its shape when cooked. Plantains have a thicker skin compared to normal sweet...

On Ekadashi Day         It has been a while since I have blogged any exciting recipes specially for Ekadashi day. The usual fare is samo (moriyo) and a potato shaak (curry). I saw that raw bananas are in abundance at the market and decided to try out this recipe which I had noted down from can't remember where but left untried for eons. As they say there is a right place and right time for everything so perhaps I was meant to try out the recipe yesterday. I am glad I did and we had a filling, yummy dinner. I don't use raw bananas in my cooking so I was really surprised at how easily they get boiled and don't taste bad at all.                These pattis recipe is going to be one of my favourites and the paneer adds an exotic taste to it. With Janamashtami just round the corner, I am surely going to make these pattis again. Obviously you may add spices according to your taste, but mine turned out into a typical gujju one......