Can you eat a banana peel? Is a banana peel edible? definitely banana peel is edible to eat. Here is a raw banana recipe, as raw banana peel stir fry or Balekai sippe palya.
Every part of banana are highly nutritious, including from banana stem to banana peel. Banana stem juice is extremely helpful in kidney stones, where as banana flower is a superfood for women’s.
Further, these raw bananas are also called as “green plantains” has amazing benefits. It is used as a vegetable in India for making many recipes. In North India raw banana is used for making koftas, curries, kebabs and pakoras. Whereas in South India it is used for making chips, dry fry, stir fry or palya.
You can steam, boil, stir – fry, deep – fry, smash and curried, and is also be used as a stuffing, in salads or to make traditional dips.
Banana peel stir fry is one of the simple and healthy South Indian recipe. The making of this recipe is similar to usually how we do other vegetable stir fry. It’s a perfect side dish with hot rice , chapati , Roti and dosa also.
Raw banana stir fry or balekai palya in Kannada, can be made in so many ways and everyone will do that, but I hope no one will try raw banana peel dry fry. Here is the raw banana peel stir fry or balekayi sippe palya. Just follow the instructions, do try and enjoy tasty and nutritious recipe.
Finally do try our other recipes too
Here is a simple raw banana peel stir fry with step by step photo and a detailed video
Step by step Instructions with Photo:
Firstly, take the raw banana , remove the upper and lower part of the raw banana and cut it in the middle so that in one banana you will get two pieces
Now put this banana in a steaming vessel
Add water in rice cooker and place this vessel and cover the lid
Steam cook for 20 mins until the raw bananas are perfectly cooked. (or you can use pressure cooker for cooking raw banana , around 4 to 5 whistles)
Once the bananas cooked well , Remove the lid and cool down the steamed banana for 5 mins
Remove the banana peel
Now finely chop this steamed banana peel and keep it aside
Heat a pan and add coconut oil
Once oil gets heated , add mustard , cumin, channa dal, urad dal, turmeric powder, hing, curry leaves and slit green chilli
Saute well until the above ingredients are golden brown
Add chopped onion
Saute well for 2 to 3 mins until onions are translucent
Now add chopped banana peel, salt and jaggery
Saute well for 2 mins
Also add grated coconut and lemon juice
Mix well
Finely garnish with chopped coriander leaves
Mix well and enjoy banana peel dry fry with hot rice, or chapathi, roti & dosa also
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