KADALI BHANDA BARA

plantain flower tikkis

plantain stem and plantain flower play a vital role in odia kitchen...
in every one's garden there must be a plantain tree in odisha..
we odia people make different recipes of plantain stem and plantain flower
like we make tikkis, patua,besara batibasa out of flowers
and even make rai,batibasa,bara,and pithaubhaja out of plantain stem too...

my husband is fond of banana stem and banana flower dishes
so i have to cook differently these two
here i have prepared banana tikkis
though it plays a difficult role while cleaning it but equally plays a yummy roll in taste
because taste buds ask for to have more and more

ingredients required------
one banana flower
salt to taste
pinch of turmeric powder
spices used as per your choices
1 chopped onion(here i have avoided onion as navratri fasting is on)
1 teaspoon ginger grated
1 teaspoon cumin powder
1 teaspoon garlic paste(here i have avoided)
1 teaspoon ruchi curry powder which one is local product masala in odish
1 tbl spoon chopped cilantro
1/4 th teaspoon red chilly powder
2 tbl spoon besan
1/4th cup rice
2/3 tbl spoon of oil for shallow fry ...

method to go forward ---

first separate the discarded thing from flower as it is shown in 3rd pic
soak the edible parts in water with 1/2 tbl spoon of salt for 10 mns
after 10 mns just mash them with your hand
and drain out the water
again soak them in water  and salt for 10 mns more
again the same procedure to be followed..
finally just boil it with water salt and turmeric
when it is to be boiled properly you soak rice in water
and after 10 mns make a smooth paste
when the flower part is properly cooked just strain it in strainer and keep in running water
so that its little bitterness which might have remained definitely goes away...
then now the interesting part which is will be tempting to eat..
in boiled flower add all the spices mentioned above along with little salt
rice paste and besan..
make small small tikkis or bara shape
shallow fry them in oil on tawa because it doesn't need to deep fry
as possible as to avoid oil...
and serve those yummy tikkis with any type of sauces....