Greetings Hiveans ! Hope the week ahead helps us in achieving our target. But then, when it comes to a mouth watering recipe, give a try to this combo of Sweet 'n' Sour 'n' Spicy Plantain dish with rice. You will enjoy...
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Happy to share with you a popular traditional festive side dish with rice. This is one of the main dish with vegetarian rice in South Indian marriages, especially in Kerala, South India. Let's start. It's quiet easy to prepare and tasty with rice.
INGREDIENTS REQUIRED
- Partly ripe Plantain - 1 cup sliced
- Water - 1/2 cup
- Salt - 1/2 tsp
For Coconut mixture
- Grated Coconut - 3/4 cup
- Green chilli - 1 or 2 as per spice
- Crushed mustard seed - 1/2 tsp
For Seasoning
- Yoghurt - half cup
For Spluttering
- Coconut oil - 1 tablespoon
- Whole Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
- Red pepper - 1 or 2
- Curry leaves - a hand full
METHOD OF PREPARATION
STEP - 1
Take a partly ripe plantain and cut them into small pieces. Put them in a bottom thickened vessel and add half a cup of water and a little bit of salt. Now boil it in medium flames for just 5 to 6 minutes and switch off the flame. And keep aside.
STEP - 2
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Secondly, partly crush half a teaspoon of mustard seeds. It gives a flavour. Now, coarsely grind the coconut and chilli, once done, add crushed mustard and run the mixer for a minute .
Mix this coarsely grinded mixture to the cooked plantain and boil it for two minutes and keep aside.
STEP - 3
Once this combination cools down, season it with Yoghurt. And keep aside.
STEP - 4
Lastly, keep a skillet in the gas for spluttering. Once the skillet is heated, add some coconut oil, to it add whole mustard seeds, red pepper and curry leaves. And once this is done, pour it hot into the plantain mixture and cover this with a lid.
Note: For this recipe, instead of plantain you can use partly ripe pineapple
Why covering the lid?
It is to maintain the aroma of splattering, within the closed lid of the plantain curry.
The typed text are originally mine, along with the captures of cooking from my Samsung Galaxy A50.
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