Banana Stem Cutlet

Kadali manja bara/ banana stem cutlet. Remember last time when I shared the kadali manja patrapoda recipe on my feed, that time I had mentioned how my grandmother(aka our superwoman) had mastered in making variety of dishes from this locally available n not so popular super food. Actually this Sunday one of my friend shared some fresh kadali manja/ banana stem with us which she bought from her homegrown banana plant. Thank u so much @kratikag for sharing ❣️. After a little debate over what to make out of these both me n Soumya settled down with manja bara/ banana stem cutlets. I opened the pandora recipe box of my Jejema (paternal grandmother) and while taking a walk down the memory lane and happily made them.
Childhood memories are priceless....❣️

So, here is my jejema recipe :-

Ingredients :-

Sl. no	Item	Quantity
1	Banana Stem /Kadali Manja (finely chopped)	1 cup
2	Gram flour	1/2 cup
3	Rice flour	2 tbsp
4	Lemon juice	1 tbsp
5	Green chilies (chopped)	2 tsp
6	Onion (chopped)	1
7	Garlic (chopped)	5-6 cloves
8	Ginger (grated)	1' inch
9	Cumin Seeds	1/2 tsp
10	Turmeric powder	1/2 tsp
11	Coriander leaves (chopped)
12	Salt	As per taste
13	Oil	for shallow frying

Method:-

• Cut the banana stem into small pieces.
• Add little salt and haldi and boil the manja mix for 10-15 minutes, then switch off the flame, keep aside .
• After it cool, squeeze the excess water from the boiled chopped manja.
• Transfer to a bowl and then mashed the manja into a coarse paste.
• Add chopped onion,chopped garlic, grated ginger ,cumin seeds,chopped green chilies, chopped coriander leaves, salt to taste, lemon juice, gram flour, rice flour and mix it well.
• Heat a pan with oil. Made into round shapes and shallow fry them both sides in medium flame till they turn into golden brown.
• Serve hot with rice and daal.