Ava pettina aratikaya koora / Plantain- Mustard curry / kela sarson ki khel :

Ingredients:

2 raw plantains, skinned and cubed

turmeric pwd: 1 tspn

1 tsp oil

salt to taste

For seasoning/poppu/tadka:

1/2 tsp mustard seeds

1 green chillis, slit

10-12 curry leaves

garlic - 3 pods ( crushed)

Paste Ingredients:

2 teaspoons mustard seeds and 1 tablespoon of raw rice
(soaked in warm water for 10 minutes - to soften, so that they can grind well)
6 tblps of fresh grated coconut
8 green chillies - small, Indian variety
1 inch piece of ginger - peeled and cut to tiny pieces
1/2 cup of fresh cilantro leaves and pinch of salt
grind them to smooth paste

Prepare the paste with out adding water

Procedure:

1 Add a cup of water to the cubed plantains along with turmeric and salt and cook till soft but not mushy. While the plaintains cook, prepare the paste and keep aside.
2 Heat oil in a vessel, add the mustard seeds and let them pop.Then add the curry leaves, green chilli and garlic
3 Immediately, add the cooked plantain pieces and mix. Adjust salt.
4 Add the ground mustard paste and mix. Cook for 5 mts before turning off the heat.
5 Serve with hot rice and rasam

Thats it...You will almost reach heaven ;) Taste it