Green Banana Tikki

Cooking Time Required: 30 mins
Cost of Preraration: 15-20 Rupees

Ingredients: Green(raw) bananas ( 2 nos ), onion ( 1 small), green chilli ( nos), coriander seeds ( 1/3 tsp ), cumin seeds ( 1/3 tsp), dry red chilli ( 1 no), bread ( 1 slice ), bread crumbs , oil for frying, salt.


Preparation: Cut the banana into and peel the banana skin. Put in a pressure cooker with a little water and cook for 5 mins with the lid closed. Remove from fire keep aside to cool.

Heat a pan. Add the dry red chilli, coriander seeds and cumin seeds. Roast for 2-3 minutes. Remove from the pan and grind into a fine powder.


Cooking: Chop the onion and green chillis into small pieces. Add to a mixing bowl along with the boiled bananas, coriander-cumin-chilli powder, soaked bread slice and salt. Shape into small round tikkis. Roll over the bread crumbs.

Heat a non-stick pan. Drizzle with oil. When it starts smoking, add the tikkis and drizzle some more oil. Cook for 3-4 minutes on one side . Flip it over and cook it equally on both sides.

Devour the hot tikkis with a mint-corinder chutney.

Aloo chop(tikki) is usually eaten as a side dish with lunch/dinner in Orissa. For this dish, i have substituted the potato with raw banana which is a more nutricious vegetable.