Spicy stuffed bananas

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

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
Vegan
Gujarat
Spicy

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,