Hey everyone, it’s Jim, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, unnakaya. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Unnakaya is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Unnakaya is something that I have loved my entire life.
Unnakkaya is delicious, sweet and traditional Kerala snack prepared mainly in the Northern Kerala (in Malabar, Kannur, Thalassery etc) during the Ramzan days. Its very popular in other parts of Kerala also during the Ramadan (Ramazan) fasting time. It is prepared by filling smashed bananas stuffed with cashew nuts, raisins and rice flakes. Unnakaya recipe, Unnakai (also called Unnakaya, Kai Ada, Unnakka, and Kai Porichathu) is a spindle-shaped sweet dessert made of steamed and mashed plantain and stuffed🥥.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have unnakaya using 8 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Unnakaya:
- Get 2 plantain (medium ripe)
- Take 1/4 cup coconut grated
- Make ready 1 tbsp cashew nut
- Get 8 raisin
- Take 5 tbsps sugar
- Get 1 tbsp ghee
- Prepare 1 tsp cardamom powdered
- Get coconut oil
So, yes this is for the health conscious people. Method: Cut the banana in half. Now let the banana cool a bit, peel off the skin and mash it well. Divide it into equal portion and set aside.
Steps to make Unnakaya:
- Steam cook bananas on medium flame till soft.Remove the outer skin and cut into halves.Discard the inner black seeds.Mash well using a wooden spoon without lumps. The consistency should be thick.If it is sticky add little rice flour to it and mix well to get a thick dough like consistency. Keep aside.Heat ghee in a pan.Add cashew,raiisns,grated coconut and sugar to it.let it saute on low flame.Add cardamom powder to it.Remove from fire and allow t to cool.
- Divide the banana mix into evenly sized lemon balls. Rub oil on your palms.Take one ball in your left hand and flatten it by pressing using other hand to form a circle shape.
- Place 1 tbsp. of coconut filling in the center and seal it properly by bringing all the sides.
- Shape into cylindrical or oval shape(like unakka which means cotton pod)
- Heat oil in a kadai.Deep fry till golden brown in color.
Now let the banana cool a bit, peel off the skin and mash it well. Divide it into equal portion and set aside. I remember Ramadan when I am writing about Unnakkaya which is a light healthy sweet dish very common in Malabar (south indian state Kerala) during Ramadan for Iftar. Famous in the Muslim Community of Malabar, Unnakaya or 'Fried Plantain Balls or Rolls ' are stuffed with Grated coconut and nuts and are great Tea Time Snack. Unnakkaya - Unnakkaya is delicious, sweet and traditional Kerala snack. prepared mainly in the northern Malabar,.
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