Ingredients
3 medium ripe plantains
1 egg
1tbs cashew nuts, sliced into small pieces
1tbs raisins
1 cup of grated coconut
4 tbsp of sugar
4 tbsp of pure ghee/butter
1/2 tsp of cardamom powder
cocunut oil for deep fry(not refined)
Method:
Cook the ripe plantains with a little water or by steaming. Drain it properly. Peel, seed and mash it with a masher until a smooth pulp is formed .
Knead it with hands until dough like with no lumps and keep it aside.
Heat ghee in a pan and fry the cashews and raisins until brown.Add the coconut and 1 tbsp of sugar to it and saute in medium heat until the coconut becomes crisp. Remove from heat and keep aside.
Beat the egg with the rest of sugar. In another pan heat coconut oil and scramble the eggs in it. Add cardamom powder to it and mix with the cashew raisin filling.
Now oil your palm lightly and take a small portion of banana dough, about the size of a lemon and flatten it on your palm. Put a teaspoon of the filling on the middle of it and roll the dough into the shape of unnakkaya as shown in the picture. Smooth it out. Now heat a kadai with coconut oil and deep fry the Unnakkayas until it turns brown.
Drain on a kitchen towel and serve hot or cold.