Kacche Kele Ki Sabji is a vegetarian South Indian style stir fry made with green banana or plantain. It is gluten-free, vegan, tasty, and crispy to the core. Be sure to watch the video!
The Green Banana
The green banana is also known as plantain. In the Indian subcontinent, we call it – Kachha Kela (raw banana). The key difference between the ripe banana and the plantain is – that you never eat a plantain raw. It is always cooked before consumption.
A plantain is more like a potato with no taste, thick skin, and starchy.
It comes from Southeast Asia. However, they are now grown worldwide, including in India, Egypt, Indonesia, and tropical regions of America.
In India, we make kebab, sabzi, kofta, and various other delicious vegetarian dishes using raw bananas.
Other Ingredients
Masala Paste: The main flavoring agent in this kacche kele ki sabji is the freshly churned masala paste. You need – fresh coriander stalks, coriander seeds, cumin seeds, dried red chilies, coconut, black pepper, and garlic.
Tadka (Tempering): Mustard Seeds (rai), Urad Dal, Curry Leaves
Spices & Seasoning: Turmeric Powder, Red Chilli Powder, Salt
Cooking Oil: I prefer using either coconut oil or groundnut oil for making kacche kele ki sabji. You can also use flavorless refined oil, ghee, or mustard oil.
My Tried & True Tips
The nature of plantain is very much similar to that of a potato, quick to cook and prone to blackening if left cut for a longer time. Hence, once you remove the green skin, cut it, and soak it in water until ready to use.
Add sufficient oil while cooking kachhe kele ki sabji for a crisp texture.
Adjust the number of red chilies and black peppercorns according to your taste preference. My recipe measurements will give you medium spicy kele ki sabji.
Use a heavy bottom kadhai or a ceramic pan for cooking this sabji. It will ensure crisp texture, even browning, and no sticking to the pan problem.
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Serving Suggestion
We as a family enjoy kacche kele ki sabji with arhar ki dal and phulka. Or even piping hot paratha also tastes delicious with this sabzi.
In many places in South India, kele ki sabji is part of lunch thali along with other dishes like rasam, sambar, kootu, kolambu, and plain rice.
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Kacche Kele Ki Sabji Recipe
- Heavy Indian Kadhai
Ingredients
- 2 medium-size plantain (kaccha kela)
- ⅛ Cup mustard oil (see notes)
- 1 teaspoon mustard seeds
- 1 teaspoon white urad dal
- 2 tablespoon curry leaves
- 1 teaspoon red chili powder
- 1 teaspoon turmeric powder
- 1 ¼ teaspoon salt or to taste
Ingredients For Masala Paste:
- ¼ Cup dessicated coconut
- 1 tablespoon coriander seeds
- 1 tablespoon cumin seeds
- 1 teaspoon black peppercorns
- 2 dried red chilles
- ¼ Cup fresh coriander stalks
- 2 garlic cloves (see notes)
Instructions
- Make slits in the skin of the plantain. Remove the thick green skin. Soak the plantain in water for 5 minutes.
- Dice the plantain into bite size pieces as shown in the video.
- Next, grind the ingredients for masala paste to a coarse powder without using water in a spice grinder or mixer. Keep it aside.
- Heat oil in a heavy bottom kadhai. Once the oil is hot, add mustard seeds, urad dal, and curry leaves. Fry for 30 – 40 seconds or till dal becomes light golden.
- Add the chopped plantain along with salt, red chilli powder, and turmeric. Stir to combine. Cook covered for 10 minutes over low to medium heat or till plantain is fully cooked.
- Once the plantain is cooked through and crisp, add the masala paste prepared earlier. Stir to combine. Sprinkle freshly chopped coriander leaves.
- Serve Kacche Kele Ki Sabji warm with chapati.
Recipe Notes:
- Adding garlic is optional. You can make the masala paste without garlic as well.
- For cooking you can use coconut oil, mustard oil, ghee, or groundnut oil.
Smitha Kalluraya says
clean pics n yummy sabzi..
Canary says
Looks yummyyyyyyy
Seeta says
nice 🙂 you know not many “non” south indians like using coconut in their food. must say you are a true foodie 🙂
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This blog is really great! I love the pictures on this blog because every picture looks really inviting! I will give this a try soon. Thanks for sharing this to us!
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Kokila Gupta says
Your mouth watering recipes and images ‘make’ me go to market and bring the required item… raw banana in this case … and still I am happy 🙂
Anand says
When you say raw banana do you mean plantain or just regular green bananas.
Hina Gujral says
I mean the plantain or the unripe banana.