Name: Banana in spiced yogurt dressing
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: India
Ingredients: 15 ml/1 tbsp lemon juice; 2 large ripe, firm bananas with a hint of green on their skins; 1.25 ml/¼ tsp ground cumin, to garnish; 1.25 ml/¼ tsp chilli powder, to garnish; 225 g/8 oz/1 cup full-fat (whole) natural (plain) yogurt; 10 ml/2 tsp caster (superfine) sugar; 1.25 ml/¼tsp salt; 5 ml/1 tsp mustard powder

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Complete Indian Regional Cookbook

By Mridula Baljekar

Published 2017

About

Banana is an unusual fruit to use in a raita, but Paka Kela Nu Raitu is very popular in Gujarat. Here, ripe bananas are steeped in yogurt that has a faint tinge of turmeric and the pungency of mustard powder, and the sweetness of the fruit complements both the spices in the dish and the food it accompanies.

Ingredients

225 g/8 oz/1 cup full-fat (whole) natural (plain) yogurt
1.25

Method

Beat the yogurt until smooth. Add the salt, sugar and mustard and mix well.
Peel the bananas and quarter them lengthways. Chop each of these into bitesize pieces and sprinkle over the lemon juice, to prevent them discolouring.