Unnakaya

Unnakaya (as it is called traditionally) or stuffed plantain fry is a traditional and delicious snack from the Malabari Cuisine. It is a must-have snack on special occasions and festivals. The Unnakaya recipe given here is a low-fat one. So, yes this is for the health conscious people.

To make this Unnakaya, you first have to boil the bananas and will have to deseed them. The next step is the mash the boiled bananas.

Now the next step is to make the unnakaya. For this, slightly wet your palm so that the banana does not stick to your hands. Take almost a lemon size amount of banana and flatten it. Keep some coconut mix in the center of this and seal it on all sides to form the oval shape.

The last step is to fry this. For this, heat a pan and add the coconut oil. Now shallow fry the unnakaya till golden brown. Since this is a low fat version, we have used very less oil to fry. You can add more oil for frying according to your taste and need. Yummy Unnakaya is now ready to eat.