Banana Cutlets/Banana kebab /केले के कबाब (Less fat,Nutritious Snack of Raw Banana)

Banana Cutlets

Banana is very rich in vitamin c, carbohydrates and many micro nutrients. Banana in ripe or raw form can be made to different delicacies. Raw banana vegetable and cutlets are my favorite. Pan fried banana cutlets have very less oil and are very healthy as well as tasty. These cutlets can be taken as snacks, in vegetable burgers, or simply placed between two toasted bread pieces along with chutney and sauce for breakfast. Mothers of small children should make these at home and make the burgers which children love so much.

Preparation Time: 15 min.

Cooking Time :30 min.

Servings: 10-12 medium size cutlets

Nutritional Value : (Approx. value for total cutlets made from 6 medium size bananas (120 gm eac approx.))
Calories: 675  
Carbs: 185 gm.
Sugar: 200 gm.
Protein: 10 gm.
Sodium: 550 mg.
Pottassium: 2.5 gm.
Fat: 4 gm.
Cholesterol: 0 
Dietary fibers: 22 gm.

Rich source of Vitamin A,B6, C and A.
Rich in Micro nutrient Potassium,Iron,Calcium and Zinc.

Ingredients for Making Banana Cutlets:

• 6 Raw Medium size Bananas (My banasnas weighed 650 gm total)

Raw Bananas

• 2 Medium size Potatoes

• 1 large onion(optional)

• 2 Green chilies

• 2-3 Sprigs of Coriander leaves(optional)

• 1 Tea spoon Red chili Powder

• 1 Tea spoon Garam Masala

• 1/4Tea spoon Turmeric Powder

• 1 Tea spoon grated Ginger

• 1 Tea spoon Amchur Powder

• Salt to taste

• Olive oil / any cooking oil of your preference

Direction for Making Banana Cutlets:

Boil bananas with the peeling till the banana peel crack.

Boiled bananas

Oeeled Boiled Bananas

•  Allow to cool.
• When boiled bananas get cool remove the peel and mash them.

Mashed Boiled bananas

• Boil Potatoes. Peel the boiled potatoes and mash them.

Mashed Boiled Potatoes

• Wash and cut the coriander sprigs fine.

• Cut green chilies fine.
• Cut onions fine.

Finely chopped Onions

Potatoes and Basnanas mash  

• Take

• Mashed potatoes

• Mashed Bananas

• Onions(optional)

• Green chilies

• Coriander(0ptional)

• Red chili powder

• Garam Masala

• Amchur

• Salt

• Mix all in gradients to homogenous and smooth dough.

Mashed bananas, Potatoes and all spices

Mixture for Banana Cutlets

• Make balls from the mixture of cutlets and flatten them by pressing between your palms.

• Roll the flattened ball in corn flour and keep aside for corn flour to stick to the surface.

• Heat a non-stick tawa / pan with 1 teaspoon oil on low flame.

• When sufficiently hot place the flattened balls on the tawa and cook on low flame.

• Sprinkle 2-3 drops of oil on each cutlet and cook till brown.

• Turn the cutlets and cook on the other side also.

• Sprinkle 2-3 drops oil twice while cooking on the flip side.

Banana Cutlets being cooked with Mininum Oil

• Remove when brown from both sides in a serving bowl and enjoy with chutney

Banana Cutlets Seved with Hariyali Chutney

http://jyotsna-pant.blogspot.com/2011/10/greecoriander-and-mint-chutney.html http://jyotsna-pant.blogspot.com/2012/06/hariyali-chutney-raw-mango-chutney.html

Tips:

• When banana peel splits immediately remove the bananas from boiling water.

• Boil potatoes to firmness.

• Add salt after mixing all ingredients to make sure the mixture for cutlets remains firm.

• Do not make the mixture and keep for long time.

• If you want to make the cutlet mixture in advance then add salt only at the time of making the cutlets.

Suggested Variations:

• Omit potatoes from the ingredients to make these Cutlets #Diabetic friendly.
• Coriander sprigs can be replaced with celery / parsley / thyme / oregano / basil.

• Bread crumbs can be added to the mixture of cutlets. If 5-6 tea spoons of bread crumbs are added to the cutlet mixture then corn flour is not required for coating the cutlets.

• Finely cut nuts can be added to the mixture of cutlet.
• Corn flour can be replaced with rice flour.
• 3-4 Tea spoons of corn flour can be added to the mixture and kneaded to smooth dough. This will eliminate rolling the balls for cutlets in corn flour.