PAZHAM NIRACHATH

Ingredients :
Ripened Banana /Nenthrapazham : 3 no’s

For making stuffing:

Grated Coconut : 6 tbsp
Cashew nuts or Almonds : 8-10 (chopped)
Raisins : 1 tbsp
Egg : 1 (beaten, Optional)
Sugar : 2 tbsp
Cardamom Powder : 1tsp
Ghee or Butter : 2 tbsp
Oil for pan frying
For Covering:
All Purpose Four : 1/4 tbsp
Sugar : 2 tbsp
Salt a pinch
Water : as needed to make a thick paste

Method of Preparation:

1. Heat a non stick pan, add ghee, cashews and
raisins and stir fry cashews and raisins; remove
and keep aside .
2. Add grated coconut and sugar in the same
pan, saute for couple of minutes.
3. Add eggs to the roasted coconut and
scramble the eggs.
4. Add cardmom powder and fried cashew nuts,
raisins; mix everything well and switch off the
stove and let them cool.
5. Peel the banana, and make a shallow slit
lengthwise. Remove the black seeds. ( Notes : If
it’s hard for you to remove the black seeds from
the banana, then just leave it there.)
6. Take about 3 tbsp of the coconut-nut stuffing
and gently fill it into the slit made in the banana;
using your hands, push the stuffing inside the
banana as much as you can.
7. Mix together all-purpose flour, sugar, salt and
add water to this and make a thick batter out of
it.
8. Heat oil/ghee in a pan; dip the stuffed banana
in the prepared batter and deep fry them till they
turn golden color. Using a flat spatula, carefully
flip the banana and let the other side turn golden