Stuffed Raw Banana Curry (Stuffed Plaintain Balls In Curry)

Stuffed Raw Banana Curry

Kaanch Kolar Kofta Curry


Today , we are having this dish and so I decided to share my experience of making Kaanch Kolar KoftaCurry with you all. These Stuffed Balls of green Banana can be made with a filling or without. The soft balls are really delicious when added to the curry.

My mother and mother in law both prepared this dish and now, I do. Raw bananas were not my favourite and  my bro and I always had to be force fed , so my mom after an initial 
effort entirely gave up making simple raw banana curry and almost always made "Kofta Curry" or "Cutlets". The raw banana Curry  she made sometimes had shrimps in them and at other times were stuffed with minced meat. Those went down very well :)


Preparation :

Raw Banana.............................................4,medium size
Potatoes....................................................2,small size
Salt............................................................as per taste
Sugar.........................................................as per taste
Roasted Cumin ,Powdered....................1 tbsp
Garam Masala Powder...........................1/2 tsp
CornFlour..................................................as required


Boil the raw bananas and potatoes together and then peel. Mash both very well. This needs to be done when they are a bit hot to get a smooth mash. Add enough cornflour  (or refined flour if cornflour is not available). Add all spices while mashing. Now make equal size balls of the mash. 


Take each ball in your hand and make a small hole in the middle to put the filling in it. Press one filling ball inside one banana-mash ball and seal it inside well so that the filling cant come out . Put the filling balls into all the banana balls and seal them. Make perfect rounds. Now roll them all on corn flour and dust off  the excess  and keep ready to deep fry. 


Here I prepared a filling of Khoya and raisins-nuts.

Stuffing

 For The Filling :

Grate Khoya and chop Cashew, Almonds and Raisins (Kaju,Kaat Badam and Kismis).

Mix them together and keep aside. Make equal size balls and keep ready.

To Assemble :

Take a raw banana -potato mash ball in your hand and make a well in the middle.

Now, Press a filling ball into the well and seal from all sides so that the filling doesn't  manage to come out.

Roll each " Ball " kofta in  Bengali ,on cornflour or Refined Flour. (I would not advise you to use gram flour as gram flour has a distinct smell of its own)

Keep ready to deep fry.

For Deep Frying :

Heat 1 cup oil ( Refined Sunflower oil )for deep frying in a deep pan till steaming hot and deep fry the kofta balls in small batches . Putting all  to fry at one  go, will lower the temperature and the balls will all end up sticking to each other or not cook well in the inside.


For the Gravy :


Ingredients :


Onion................................................1 small
Tomato............................................1,small
Ginger,peeled..................................1 inch piece
Green Chilly.....................................2
Turmeric Powder...........................1/2 tsp
Kashmiri Red chilly Powder..........1/2 tsp
Green Cardamom.............................2
Clove...................................................2
Cinnamon..........................................1 inch piece(broken into two)
Bay Leaf............................................2
Refined oil........................................2 tbsp
Ghee(Clarified Butter).....................1 tsp(Optional)




Blend 1 small size onion,1 inch ginger,2 green chillies and 1 small size tomato together.

Heat 2 tbsp oil in a deep pan or wok. Add Gota Garam Masala and bay leaves.
Stir a bit and then add the blended paste of tomato, onion, ginger and green chilly. Cook stirring all the while till oil rises to the top.  Add the spices and mix. Add water so that the spices don't burn. 

I don't add potato pieces to this curry, but if you want, do add fried potato cubes  at this stage, cover and let them soften . After 5 minutes remove the lid and check.

Add enough water to make a gravy. The raw banana kofta's will  soak up a lot of the gravy so do add enough water keeping this in mind. This curry does not have a soupy gravy.

Lastly after turning off the flame add 1 tsp ghee and then the stuffed kofta balls.
Carefully transfer to a large flat serving dish.

We had this kaanch Kolar Kofta curry with rice but it taste very good with Paratha or 
Romali Roti as well.


Garnish with some cream !!