Fried plantain is mutual non solely inward Hispanic cuisine but inward the Caribbean Area as well as Indian cuisines too! Almost all of the South Indian states brand does sweetness plantains inward i shape or the other. They are commonly eaten every bit a snack alongside a loving cup of tea but may endure also served every bit a side alongside a meal.
Where I am from, nosotros larn inward in iii unlike ways. My woman nurture never deep-fried the plantains. She e'er pan-fried it alongside really fiddling oil. Specific plantains are used for this recipe. They are called every bit Nendrabale.
Servings: 3-4
Ingredients:
Ripe plantains: 2Salt: every bit per private taste
Coconut oil: to grease the skillet/ tawa/ griddle
For the patently version:
Red chilli powder: 1/4 tsp
For the rice flour version: all the inward a higher house ingredients +
Rice flour: 2 tbsp
For the sooji rava version: all of the inward a higher house +
Water: 2 tbsp
Cream of wheat/sooji rava or/cornmeal: 1/4 cup
Method:
Peel the plantain. Slice them horizontally into 3 equal pieces.Now vertically spell each private spell into 3-4 slices depending on your desired marking of thickness as well as the thickness of the plantain. You don't wishing the slices to endure every bit good thin.
Arrange the slices on a plate.
For the patently fried plantains:
Mix together tabular array salt as well as chilli powder. Sprinkle this mixture on exceed of the plantain slices, on both sides.
Heat the skillet/tawa on medium heat. Grease it using kokosnoot oil.Once the skillet is hot, house the plantain slices on it.
Serve hot.
For rice flour coated fried plantains:
In a shallow bowl/ plate, mix together rice flour, tabular array salt as well as reddish chilli powder.
Dip the cutting plantain slices into this mixture.
Heat the skillet/tawa on medium heat. Grease it using kokosnoot oil.Once the skillet is hot, house the plantain slices on it.
Cook on depression open fire until lightly golden brown( some 3-4 minutes on each side).
Serve hot.
For the sooji rawa coated fried plantains:
In a shallow bowl/ plate, mix together rice flour, salt, reddish chilli pulverization as well as H2O to brand a paste.
Smear this glue on both sides of the plantain slices.
Take the sooji rava/ cornmeal inward a plate.
Roll the batter-coated plantain slices into this mixture as well as thus that it is coated alongside rawa/ cornmeal.
Heat the skillet/tawa on medium heat. Grease it using kokosnoot oil.Once the skillet is hot, house the plantain slices on it inward a unmarried layer.
Cook on depression open fire until lightly golden brown( some 3-4 minutes on each side).
Serve hot.
Enjoy! I am bringing this to Fiesta Fri & Saucy Saturday. The co-hosts this calendar week at Angie's Fiesta Fri are ii fantabulous bloggers Sonal @ simplyvegetarian777 and Laurie @ ten.times.tea. I know I am belatedly for all the parties, but I really believe inward the adage, " amend belatedly than never!"
Cooking made easy:
Whenever yous wishing to pan-fry something as well as use less oil, brand certain that the skillet/ griddle is hot plenty at the beginning, but afterwards that keep a constant temperature that does non drive the nutrient to move but cooks it well. To much fluctuations inward the temperature mightiness test detrimental to effective cooking.
Tip for salubrious living:
While cooking, e'er await for healthier ways to ready whatever given recipe. Steaming/ broiling/ baking is amend than frying . Pan-frying is amend than deep-frying.
Food for thought:
One tin never consent to creep when i feels an impulse to soar. Hellen Keller