Aratikaya Ava Pettina Kura / Raw Banana Curry with Mustard Powder

Ingredients

• 1 no Raw Banana / Aratikaya
• 1/2 lime size Tamarind
• 1 pinch Turmeric Powder
• 3 Green Chillies cut lengthwise
• 1 sp Mustard Powder
• 1 sp Jaggery
• Salt to taste
For Popu :
• 1/2 sp Mustard Seeds
• 1/2 sp Urad Dal
• 1/2 sp Chana Dal
• 2 Red Chillies crocked
• Curry Leaves
• 3 sp Oil

Instructions

1. Wash the tamarind and soak it in 1/2 cup of water & keep aside, wash, peel raw banana and cut into small pieces and cook along with salt, turmeric powder and strain.
2. Heat oil in a pan, add popu ingredients and fry, once done add tamarind juice, jaggery to it and cook for 5 mins until the tamarind juice thickens.

3. Add cooked banana pieces and stir, cover and cook on low flame for a couple of mins, then add mustard powder to it and mix well and turn off the flame.
4. Now Aratikaya ava pettina kura/raw banana mustard powder curry is ready, transfer into a serving bowl and serve hot with rice.