Curd Dipped Banana Cutlet Recipe

Curd Dipped Banana Cutlet is a simple and comforting vegetarian snack made using cooked raw banana and mild spices. In this recipe, the prepared and fried cutlets are added to fresh curd, mixed gently, and finished with chopped coriander leaves, giving a soft, lightly tangy coating around the cutlets. This easy preparation works well as an evening snack or a light accompaniment with meals, especially when you want something mildly spiced and refreshing.

Ingredients for Curd Dipped Banana Cutlet :

1. Raw banana – 3
2. Potato – 1
3. Oil – ½ big spoon
4. Green chillies – 6, chopped into small pieces
   Ginger – 1 piece, chopped into small pieces
   Garlic – 1 big spoon, chopped into small pieces
5. Coriander leaves -3 big spoons, chopped into small pieces
   Salt – As required
6. Eggs – 2
   Bread crumbs – As needed to coat the cutlets
7. Oil – For frying
8. Curd – 1 cup
   Salt – For taste
9. Coriander leaves -2 big spoons
10. Chilli powder – 1 pinch
11. Coconut oil – 1 big spoon
12. Red chillies -3, broken into two
    Curry leaves – A stalk

How to prepare Curd Dipped Banana Cutlet?

1. Remove the skin of the raw bananas and steam-cook them.
2. Once done, smash it well.
3. Cook the potato and smash it well too.
4. Heat oil in a pan and sauté the ingredients listed as 4.
5. Once it is done, add smashed potatoes and the bananas.
6. Add salt and coriander leaves, and mix the ingredients well.
7. Once it has cooled, make small balls out of this mixture.
8. Press each ball to make a tikki (cutlet).
9. Whip two eggs till they mix well.
10. Dip each tikki in beaten eggs, coat them well with breadcrumbs, and fry in hot oil.
11. Continue the process till all tikkis are done.
12. Add salt to the curd and blend it well.
13. Add the prepared cutlets to the curd, mix well and spread coriander leaves on top.
14. Sprinkle a pinch of chilli powder on the top of the dish.
15. Sauté red chillies and curry leaves in hot oil and pour it over the Raw Banana Cutlets.

Courtesy: Vanitha Magazine October 15-31, 2016

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