Green Peas and Raw Banana Kurma

Green peas and raw banana kurma /Green peas kurma is a coconut milk based simple and delicious gravy dish goes well with rice.

The following ingredients are needed to prepare Green peas and Raw Banana Kurma.

Ingredients:-

Raw Banana.           - 3
Dry Green peas.       -1/2 cup
Green chillies.          - 3
Cinnamon.                - a small stick
Cloves.                      - 4
Thick Coconut milk. -1cup
Curry leaves.             - 1spring
Salt.                           - to taste

Instructions:-

1). Peel the outer skin and chop raw bananas into very small pieces.

2). Wash and soak dry green peas in water overnight and pressure cook the soaked green peas along with chopped raw banana pieces for 2 whistles adding 1 and 1/2 cup of water and keep aside.

3). Wash and half slit green chillies and keep aside.

4). Crush cinnamon and cloves in a mortar and pestle and keep aside.

5). Grind grated coconut and extract thick coconut milk and keep aside.

Method:-

1). In a cooking vessel add the pressure cooked green peas and raw banana pieces along with cooked water.Add half slit green chillies, curry leaves, crushed cinnamon and cloves into the vessel.

2). Add required salt and 1/2 cup of water into the vessel and mix well. Boil and cook for 5 minutes on low flame.

3). Add 1 cup thick coconut milk into the curry in the vessel and mix well.When boiling bubbles starts to appear in the vessel switch off the flame.

4). Transfer the curry to a serving bowl.

A delicious Green peas and Raw Banana Kurma is ready to serve with rice.