Aratikaya Antu Pulusu / Aratikaya Bellam Koora

INGREDIENTS:

1. Aratikaya / Plantain - 2 
2. Tamarind - 1/4 cup 
3. Rice Flour - 1 tbsp
4. Jaggery - 1/4 cup mashed
5. Red chilli powder - 1/2 tbsp
6. Hing - a pinch
7. Curry leaves - 4
8. Seasoning - (Mustard seeds, Cumin seeds, Urad dal) - 1/4 tbsp each
9. Salt to taste
10. Oil - 2 tbsp

PROCEDURE:

Take plantains peel and wash them and chop into small cubes and place them in water. (The chopped plantain won't change its color if you keep them in water).

Now take a pressure cooker add oil, mustard seeds, cumin seeds, urad dal, hing and curry leaves and fry them till mustard seeds starts spluttering. Then add chopped plantain, little bit salt and 2 tbsps water and pressure cook them for 1 whistle.

Meanwhile take a micro safe bowl add tamarind, little salt and 1/2 cup water and cook them in microwave for 1 min. Then mash the tamarind and take out the pulp and make a juice.

To that tamarind juice add 1 tbsp rice flour, red chilli powder, salt and mix all the ingredients well and keep aside.

Now open the pressure cooker and add the above prepared juice, jaggery and mix them nicely and cook on medium heat for 6-7 mins until you see the desired consistency.

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