In Goa, we make different types of “fodi” or rava fried vegetables. These are a perfect replacement to fish on our veg days, like Mondays and Thursdays. The rava friend plantain recipe shared here today is a traditional Konkani recipe and I am sure every Goan makes these. Apart from this, you can also make Plantain cutlets and they too taste yumm.
In Goa, whenever we have any festival or religious function, we make these rava fried dishes. Just like in Kerala, we too serve our pure veg meals on a banana leaf and we eat the food by sitting on the floor.
Recently I saw a group of ladies celebrating Onam and just seeing those pictures took me back to my childhood. In childhood, we used to have lot of relatives in our house during festivals. Given the fact that there were atleast 25 people in my house, imagine how many relatives and family friends we would have. Relatives from extended families and family friends would come home and after the pooja all used to savour the food/prasadam.
Food would be served on banana leaves and people would consume the food by sitting on the floor. Some people would only serve food and all the guests would be served in a line. People would be served in batches. After the 1st batch finished eating, the 2nd batch would start eating the food and the 1st batch people would serve them. It used to be real fun. I am feeling so nostalgic now. I feel I can smell the food cooked by a special cook who would come to cook food for these many people . He would cook on wood and the entire backyard used to be filled with smoke.
If you go to temples you would still get to experience such a wonderful thing.
Ingredients: Prep. Time:30 Min’s, Serves: 4
1 Medium sized plantain/raw banana
1/2 tsp chili powder
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
1/4 tsp salt
4 tbsp oil for frying
For the coating:
1/2 tsp chili powder
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
3 tablespoon rava/Sooji
Salt to taste
Procedure:
Wash and peel the plantain with a Tupperware or any type of peeler. You can apply oil to your hands to avoid it getting dark.
Cut the plantain into half and and then slice it length-wise. Soak the slices in water for 20 Min’s.
After 20 Min’s, apply 1/2 tsp chilly powder, 1/2 tsp turmeric power and 1/4 tsp salt to marinate these.
Mix the ingredients meant for coating and keep it aside.
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Heat a frying pan and spread 2 tbsp oil or as needed.
Coat the marinated plantain in ingredients meant for coating and spread them on the frying pan.
Spread 2 tbsp oil on top of these and fry for 10 Min’s.
After 10 Min’s flip them to the other side and again fry for 15 Min’s.
Note: Apply oil to your hands before cutting plantain.
Sprinkle some water on the coasted plantains while they are getting fried.
Same procedure can be followed with ripe Kerala banana / Nendra bananas too.
Thank-you for sharing the recipe. Have you tried putting up videos on YouTube. It’s so good to be able to easily access traditional local recipes. Especially the simple stuff that mist people know. I sometimes get embarrassed to display my ignorance and that’s how Google introduces me to resources like this. Good job!
Hi Alisha,
Thanks for the comment. I will try putting up videos on youtube. With a full time job, managing a website is not easy too 🙂
You can always ask me for recipes and come back to my website for more.
Regards,
Raksha