How to make Raw Banana Sabzi (South Indian & Vegan)

Raw Banana Sabzi Recipe – an easy dry sabzi made from raw bananas or kaccha kela, mildy spiced with spices, with a hint of fresh coconut. This recipe comes from my mothers fabulous collection 🙂 and is made quite often in our house.

I have posted earlier raw banana fry recipe. Mostly towards south India raw banana is widely used in their cooking. Right from chips, fries, veggies and many other recipes are made from raw bananas.

Unlike other veggies raw banana takes a longer time to cook. So be patient with them while cooking. Otherwise steam them in cooker for 7-8 mins before making their sabzi.The ingredient’s used for this recipe is easily found in your kitchen. This sabzi goes well as a side dish, meal or pulao and khichdi. You could even pack this kacche kele ki sabzi with chapatis/rotis in tiffin boxes. For variation you could try cooking potatoes, cabbage in the same style.

Many a times readers mention they don’t get fresh coconut in their region. Just get hold of fresh coconut, grate and store them in the freezer, use as and when required. In India you get coconuts in abundance but I sometimes do store my fresh grated coconut in freezer which comes handy most of the times. Also saves my time of grating or chopping the fresh coconut 😉 If you don’t manage to get fresh coconut then just use dry desiccated grated coconut but the flavor and taste would differ.

Raw Banana sabzi recipe card below:

Raw Banana Sabzi Recipe, How to make Kacche Kele Ki Sabzi Recipe

 

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Prep time

12 mins

Cook time

20 mins

Total time

32 mins

 

Raw Banana Sabzi Recipe - an easy dry sabzi made from raw bananas or kaccha kela, mildy spiced with spices, with a hint of fresh coconut.

Author: Maria@flavorsofmumbai.com

Recipe type: side, vegetarian

RecipeCuisine: indian cuisine

Serves: 3-4

recipeIngredient (used american measuring cup, 1 cup = 250 ml)

• 200 gm raw banana or 2-3 medium sized raw bananas(peeled and chopped into cubes)
• 1 tbsp coconut oil or sunflower oil
• 1 tbsp chopped green chilies
• ½ tsp cumin seed
• 1 /2 tsp mustard seed
• 8-10 curry leaves
• ¼th tsp turmeric powdet
• ⅛th tsp asafoetida
• ⅓rd grated fresh coconut
• 2 cup of water to immerse the diced raw banana
• 1-2 tbsp water for the sabzi or as required
• salt as per taste

How to make the recipe?

1. Peel the raw bananas with the help of a peeler or knife.
2. Keep all the ingredients ready for the recipe.
3. Chop the peeled bananas into small cubes and immerse them in enough water covering them for 10 mins.
4. Heat 1tbsp oil in a pan, add ½ tsp cumin seed,1/2 tsp mustard seed, ¼th tsp turmeric,1/8th tsp or a pinch of asafoetida and 8-10 curry leaves.
5. Saute and stir until they splutter and crackle.
6. Now add the soaked raw bananas.
7. Mix all nicely.
8. Sprinkle salt as required.
9. Stir all nicely. Also add ¼th cup of water.
10. Cover with a lid consisting water or cover with a lid. Alternatively you could just cover with a lid. But the lid containing water helps to retain the moisture of the vegetable and cook the vegetable in their own juices and flavors.
11. Allow them to cook on low heat. Keep stirring in between.
12. If the raw bananas tend to get dry or stick to the bottom of the pan. Don't worry just sprinkle some water over them and cook again.
13. Once the raw bananas cook, they would get little soft, its color and texture would change.
14. Add the fresh grated coconut to the raw bananas.
15. Mix all nicely.
16. Cook for 1-2 mins on low heat.
17. Switch off the gas and serve your raw banana sabzi along your meals, pulao or any rice dish.

Notes

1. You could make same recipe with potatoes or tendli sabzi.
2. Adjust the spices and taste as per your preference.

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Raw Banana Sabzi recipe step by step:

1. Peel the raw bananas with the help of a peeler or knife.

2.Keep all the ingredients ready for the recipe.

2. Chop the peeled bananas into small cubes and immerse them in enough water covering them for 10 mins.

4. Heat  1tbsp coconut oil in a pan.

5. Add 1/2 tsp cumin seed,1/2 tsp  mustard seed, 1/4th tsp turmeric,1/8th tsp or a pinch of asafoetida and 8-10 curry leaves.

6. Saute and stir until they splutter and crackle.

7. Now add the soaked raw bananas.

8. Mix all nicely.

9. Sprinkle salt as required.

10. Stir all nicely. Also add 1/4th cup of water.

11. Cover with a lid consisting water or cover with a lid. Alternatively you could just cover with a lid. But the lid containing water helps to retain the moisture of the vegetable and cook the vegetable in their own juices and flavors.

12. Allow them to cook on low heat. Keep stirring in between.

13. If the raw bananas tend to get dry or stick to the bottom of the pan. Don’t worry just sprinkle some water over them and cook again.

14. Once the raw bananas cook, they would get little soft, its color and texture would change. Add the fresh grated coconut to it.

15. Mix all nicely.

16. Cook for 1-2 mins on low heat.

17. Switch off the gas and serve your raw banana sabzi along your meals, pulao or any rice dish.

If you are looking for banana recipes then do check raw banana fry, raw banana kebab, raw banana fritters, banana milk shake, eggless banana cake, banana sheera, banana chocolate cake, banana walnut cake, banana sponge cake, banana fritters and nei appam.