Plantain curry

Name: Plantain curry
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: India
Ingredients: 1 fresh green chilli, chopped, (deseeded if preferred); 1.25 ml/¼ tsp fennel seeds; 1.25 ml/¼ tsp nigella seeds; 6-8 fenugreek seeds; 1.25 ml/¼ tsp cumin seeds; 1.25 ml/¼ tsp black mustard seeds; 45 ml/3 tbsp mustard oil; 5 plantains; 2 medium potatoes, about 225 g/8 oz; Plain Boiled Rice or warm Indian bread, to serve; 2.5 ml/½ tsp garam masala; sprigs of fresh coriander (cilantro), to garnish; 1.25-2.5 ml/¼ -½ tsp chilli powder; 75 g/3 oz fresh ripe tomato, skinned and chopped; 3.75 ml/¾ tsp salt, or to taste; 2.5 ml/½ tsp ground turmeric; 2.5 ml/½ tsp ground cumin; 2.5 cm/1 in piece of fresh root ginger, minced (ground) or finely chopped

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Complete Indian Regional Cookbook

By Mridula Baljekar

Published 2017

About

In eastern India, plantains are very popular in curries or dusted with ground spices as a vegetable side dish. The earthy, squash-like flavour of the plaintain, mixed with a variety of seeds, roots and spices, gives this curry, Kaach Koler Kari, a delightfully different flavour, perfect for a quick dinner for family and friends. When shopping, plantains are occasionally referred to as ‘raw’ or ‘green’ bananas.

Ingredients

Method

Become a Premium Member to access this recipe

Unlimited, ad-free access to hundreds of the world’s best cookbooks
Over 150,000 recipes with thousands more added every month
Recommended by leading chefs and food writers
Powerful search filters to match your tastes
Create collections and add reviews or private notes to any recipe
Swipe to browse each cookbook from cover-to-cover
Manage your subscription via the My Membership page

Already a member?

Best value

'Brilliant app for foodies'

'Spotify of cookbooks'

Part of

East India

Cookbook Reviewer

updated 2 years ago from United Kingdom

I enjoyed making this dish. I got some plantains from the market and looked up this recipe as I have not cooked them before. This made a tasty curry. 😊

Yes Matt, I have eaten them before but not cooked with them. 😊

Matthew Cockerill

2 years ago from United Kingdom

I can’t believe it took me so long to discover plantains. They’re a really excellent ingredient.

The licensor does not allow printing of this title

Plantain curry

Ingredients

Method

Become a Premium Member to access this recipe

$4.99

$39.99

Part of