Unnakaya is a special fried snack of the malabar region. This is prepared by filling sweetened coconut in mashed half ripe kerala bananas. I learned this during my stay in Tellicherry.
Ingredients:
- Half ripe kerala bananas/nenthra pazham -2
- Grated coconut -1/2cup
- Sugar -5tblsps
- Cardamom powder -1tsp
- Oil for frying
Method:
Heat the coconut and sugar together in a frying pan. Allow it to blend well. Mix the cardamom powder. Keep it aside.
Next, steam the nenthra pazham/bananas with the skin. Cool and skin it. Mash it in a blender. Make equal balls out of it.
Then grease the palm with oil and flatten one ball. Put one spoonful of the prepared coconut and seal it. It must be shaped oblong and fit inside the palm. Fill all the balls in this method.
Heat oil in a frying pan and fry them in batches till they turn brown.
No comments:
Post a Comment
I hope the post is interesting and useful. Comments and suggestions are welcome.