HOTCHULHA

Ingredients:

• Plantain – 1 Cut into small rounds
• Tadka Seeds – 1 Teaspoon
• Ginger- ½ inch piece
• Garlic  – 2 cloves
• Pepper – ¼ Teaspoon
• Red chilly powder – ¼ Teaspoon
• Curry Leaves – 1 Stem
• Salt to taste.
• Red Chilies – 2
• Oil –  2 Tablespoons

Method:

1. In a mortar and pastel, put the Ginger, garlic and pepper and grind it coarsely.
2. Take a heavy bottom pan, pour 1 tablespoon of oil, and bring it to heat.
3. Put the tadka seeds, curry leaves, red chilies and let them crackle. Add Cut plantain slices, salt, sprinkle it with 2 tablespoons of water, put the lid on, and cook it for 5 minutes.
4. Now take the lid off from the pan and let all the water evaporate and put the remaining oil in the pan and fry till the plantain looks crispy.
5. 5.       Put the ground ginger, garlic, pepper and red chillies powder and saute it for couple of minutes and take it off from the heat. 

It goes well with White Rice with Sambar/Rasam.