Kachche Kele Ke Cutlet

Marwaris of the princely Indian state of Rajasthan are followers of a religion called Jainism. Jains do not eat any root vegetables, so in most homes the use of potatoes is taboo, along with onion and garlic. So what do they do to make potato cutlets, which are a very typical snack around the rest of the country? They use green bananas! Unless they are told, guests would never know that potatoes are missing from these cutlets. Marwari food is replete with surprises like this.