If you're looking for a delicious, healthy, vegetarian, kid-approved snack, these baked raw banana nuggets will hit the spot! Have it with your meal, as a snack between meals or as an appetizer.
Course Appetizer, Snack
Cuisine Indian
Keyword Banana, Chili Peppers, Onion, Raw plantain, rice flour
Special Diet Gluten Free, No Added Sugar, Nut Free, Vegan, Vegetarian
Prep Time 15minutes
Cook Time 15minutes
Total Time 30minutes
Servings 4People
Calories 114kcal
Ingredients
2BananasRaw BananaPeel, cut to 1 inch cubes
1TablespoonChickpea FlourGram Flour
1TablespoonRice Flour
2PeppersGreen Chili PepperLarge
1/3CupOnionFine cut
1TeaspoonSea SaltOr to taste
1TablespoonAvocado Oil
Instructions
Prep instructions:
1. Peel the skin off raw banana and cut to inch size cubes 2. Cook them under high pressure for 15 minutes (IP or pressure cooker)3. In a small mortar pestle, crush green chili pepper 4. Add chickpea and rice flour, raw onion, crushed chili pepper, salt, oil and a 1/4 cup of water to the cooked plantain and mix well, turning it into a coarse mush (not watery).
Bake instructions:
Make patties of the batter with your hands (flat and round) and set them on a foil (with oil spread on it) evenly spaced. Set oven to a temperature of 375 F and bake for 12 minutes. Now set oven to broil (high) for 3 minutes.
Make sure the nuggets are evenly brown and crisp on the surface before pulling them out.
Transfer to a serving dish and serve hot.
Notes
Eat as a snack by itself anytime, or as an appetizer.*Use organic ingredients wherever possible