Saturday, 10 January 2026

Raw Banana and Potato Tikki


 Raw banana and potato tikki is a very easy to prepare shallow fried tasty and crispy teatime snack.Raw banana and potato tikki recipe is with step by step photos. The following ingredients are needed to prepare Raw Banana and Potato Tikki.

Ingredients:
Raw Banana.      -1
Potato.                -1
Pottu kadala.      -1/2 cup
Cumin seeds.      -1/2 tsp
Fennel seeds.      -1 tsp
Green chilly.       -3 slit
Garlic cloves.      -3 halved
Ginger.                -a small piece
Shallots /small onion. -7 sliced
Grated coconut   -1/2 cup
Coriander leaves.-few chopped
Pepper powder.    -1/4 tsp
Turmeric powder.-1/4 tsp
Amchur powder.  -1/4 tsp
Garam masala.     -1/4 tsp
Salt.                      -to taste
Oil.                       -2 tsp
Oil. -for shallow frying

Method:
1). Steam raw banana and potato in a steamer. Peel and mash the steamed raw banana and potato. Keep aside the steamed and mashed raw banana and potato.

2). Dry roast pottukadala (roasted gram dal) in a pan. Grind the dry roasted pottukadala in a mixer  grinder to a fine powder. Keep aside the ground Pottukadala powder.

3). Heat 2 tsp oil in a pan and splutter fennel seeds and cumin seeds. Add slit green chilly, halved garlic cloves, chopped ginger, sliced shallots (small onion) into the pan and saute well until shallot turns translucent. Add grated coconut into the pan and saute for a minute. Add a few chopped coriander leaves and mix well. Switch off the flame and transfer the sauted coconut green chilly ginger garlic shallot coriander leaves mixture to a plate to cool.

4). Once cooled transfer the sauted coconut green chilly ginger garlic shallots coriander leaves mixture to a mixer grinder.

5). Coarsely grind the sauted ingredients in the mixer grinder without adding water. Keep aside the coarsely ground paste.

6). In a mixing bowl add steamed and mashed raw banana and potato.Add coarsely ground roasted pottukadala powder, coarsely ground paste of coconut green chilly ginger garlic shallots coriander leaves mixture, turmeric powder, pepper powder, garam masala, required salt and mix well. Make small round and flat tikki shapes out of it. Heat enough oil in a pan and shallow fry them in hot oil till golden brown and crisp on both sides,Remove the fried tikkis from hot oil and transfer to a tissue paper to absorb excess oil.

Raw Banana and Potato Tikki is ready to serve with tea or coffee,

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