Aratikaya Vepudu /Raw Banana Fry/ Plantain Stir Fry

Recipe Cooked, Photographed and Written by Praveena

Prep time:5 mins CookTime:10 mins Cuisine:Indian

The raw banana / plantain has fewer options to turn into a curry. And this recipe is one of those and THE most simple procedure to make in a few minutes. If you have sudden guests and have few raw bananas or plantain, you can try this quick curry.

It is called ‘Aratikaya’ in ‘TELUGU’ which is a South-Indian language.

I am quite happy, that whenever I try making this fry, I do get the crispy texture without sticking to the pan, same as Amma (Mother) used to make.

Just try this simple recipe of mine to appeal your family and guests. 🙂

Before starting to cook, don’t forget to see the Tips mentioned at the end.

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Ingredients:

Raw Bananas / plantain – 4
Cooking Oil – 4 tablespoons
Salt – 1 and ½ tea spoons
Red Chilli Powder – 2 teaspoons
Turmeric Powder – half of ¼ teaspoon

Special Ingredients:

Red Chilly Powder

Step wise pics Procedure for Aratikaya vepudu / raw banana fry:

Wash the raw bananas and cut into halves.
Peel the raw bananas / plantain.
Cut them into pieces just as the size shown below.
Put a non-stick pan on the medium flame of stove top.
Add 3 tablespoons of oil.
Once the oil heats up, add all of the raw banana / plantain pieces.
Mix everything such that the oil is coated to every piece.
Continue to cook on medium flame.

Keep mixing frequently i.e for every couple of minutes.
After 5-6 minutes add the salt and ½ tablespoon of oil. Mix up everything.

After adding the required salt
Texture of fry after adding salt should be just like pic below.
After couple of minutes, the pieces will soften because of salt we added.
Check the softness of the fry, by taking one piece and pressing against two fingers. It should mash up easily.
At this stage add the red chilly powder and remaining ½ tablespoon of oil.

Final stage,before switching off flame.
Give everything a mix and wait for couple of minutes to switch off.
Raw Banana fry / Plantain fry / Aratikaya Vepudu is done!!! 🙂

Tips:

Cut the pieces such that they are neither very thick nor very thin. (follow the pic for reference)
Cutting the vegetable is most important for the curry not to be sticky at the end.
Keep mixing the pieces frequently so that it doesn’t stick to the pan.
Do not add salt at the beginning.
You can adjust the salt and red chilly powder as per your taste.
Above Measurement of salt and chilly powder given as to match my family’s taste.
Do not cover the pan with lid. Lid not necessary in this recipe.

Result:

This, Aratikaya vepudu / raw banana fry, is a bit crispy but not sticky.
If cooked by following all the instructions specified above, the curry should be as perfect as shown in the pic below.
This curry / fry is best to be served with white rice, brown rice, quinoa, millets, couscous.

Aratikaya Vepudu / Raw Banana fry / Plantain fry ready for serving!

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