Shallow fried plantain chips

The original recipe is from here . This is a pretty easy and yummy recipe to make. To those of you who do not know what a plantain is...its the green banana you see near the vegetables. The Indian variety are small...may be 6-8 inches where as the Mexican or American variety are pretty bug. I used the Indian plantain for this

Shallow fried plantain chips (Shallow fried green plantain with Indian spices)

Shallow fried plantain chips

Ingredients:

1. 2-3 medium plantain
2. 1/2 teaspoon each of turmeric, sambar powder, salt, mustard seeds, urad dal, fennel seeds, cumin, asafoetida
3. 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
4. 2 tbsp oil divided
5. 1 dried red chilli
6. few curry leaves
7. 2 tbsp water

peel the plantain and slice them about 1/8 inch thick coins.

add  turmeric, sambar powder, pepper and  salt and coat the spices on the plantain and set aside.

In a pan heat 2 tbsp oil and add mustard seeds,  urad dal, cumin, fennel, broken red chilli, pinch hing and few curry leaves and let it splutter. Now add the plantain pieces

Stir-fry for 2 minutes till raw banana gets coated well with oil.

Spread the plantain in a single layer in the pan and add the remaining oil.

cover and cook on medium flame for 10 minutes. Abut 7 minutes, add 2 teaspoons water and cover and cook stirring  occasionally.

Uncover and fry for 2-3 more minutes to make them crispy

Serve with Sorrel leaves rice