Aratikaya Podi

Ingredients

• • Bananas (raw) - 2
• • Onions (finely cut) - 3 tablespoons
• • Tamarind - lime size
• • Salt - as required
• • Oil (for frying) - as required

Ingredients For Frying And Grind

• • Red chillies - 8
• • Coriander seeds - 1 ½ teaspoons
• • Black gram dal/Urads - 1 teaspoon
• • Bengal gram dal - 1 ½ teaspoons

Method

• 1. Peel outer skin and cut banana into four lengthwise pieces and then slice into thin pieces.
• 2. Keep immersed in water till required.
• 3. Remove pieces from water and fry it in oil till it turns golden.
• 4. Cool down to room temperature.
• 5. Pound fried ingredients to coarse powder, add salt, tamarind and run the mixie once.
• 6. Add fried vegetable pieces and pound coarsely. (Run the mixie at low speed for short intervals stirring once or twice in between)
• 7. Heat rest of the oil and fry onions till crisp and golden.
• 8. Add pound pieces and fry for few more minutes.