Spicy stuffed bananas

Name: Spicy stuffed bananas
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: India
Ingredients: 2.5 ml/½ tsp salt, or to taste; 60 ml/4 tbsp sunflower oil or olive oil; Plain Boiled Rice, to serve; 1 fresh red chilli, finely chopped, (deseeded if preferred); 1 fresh green chilli, finely chopped, (deseeded if preferred); 5 ml/1 tsp ground coriander; 2.5 ml/½ tsp ground cumin; 50 g/2 oz/½ cup gram flour (besan), sifted; 4 ripe, firm bananas; 15 ml/1 tbsp chopped fresh coriander (cilantro) leaves

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Complete Indian Regional Cookbook

By Mridula Baljekar

Published 2017

About

This unusual vegetarian recipe from Gujarat, Kela Na Sambhariya, is easy to prepare and requires very little time to cook - perfect for unexpected guests. It makes a substantial and healthy main course when teamed with a lentil dish or a vegetable curry and accompanied by basmati rice.

Ingredients

4 ripe, firm bananas
50 g/2 oz/½ cup

Asia
India
Main course
Spicy
Gujarat
Vegan

Method

Wash the bananas, then trim the ends. Slit each banana lengthways halfway through its diameter, leaving 2.5mm/⅛in uncut at each end. Slit to half its diameter and set aside.
In a small, heavy pan, dry-roast the gram flour for 1 minute, stirring constantly, then add the cumin, coriander and green and red chillies. Stir over a medium heat for 1 minute,