Green Plantain Fritters || Kela Vada (Paleo, AIP, Vegan)
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Scrumptious green plantain fritters flavored with cilantro and ginger that are perfect for an appetizer or a snack!
Author: Indira Shyju
Recipe type: Starters, Snacks
Cuisine: Indian
Serves: 2
RecipeIngredients
For the vadas (balls):
- 1 large green plantain (very green and unripe)
- ½ cup packed fresh cilantro leaves
- ½ inch by ½ inch piece of fresh ginger
- 1 green chilli (omit for AIP)
- 1 tsp lemon juice
- ½ tsp sea salt
- ½ tsp turmeric
For the coating batter:
- 2 tbsp cassava flour or chickpea flour (use cassava flour for Paleo and AIP)
- 1 tbsp water chestnut flour or singoda flour
- ½ tsp cumin seeds or cumin powder (omit for AIP)
- ¼ tsp turmeric powder
- ¼ tsp sea salt
- 6 tbsp water
- About ½ cup Coconut Oil for frying
RecipeInstructions
- Cook the green plantain in an instant pot or a regular cooking pot.
For cooking in Instant Pot:
- Cut the plantain in half (do not remove skin.Place both pieces on top of trivet in the insert pot and add 1 cup of water into the insert. Close lid and turn valve to sealing position. Press 'Pressure Cook' and change to 10 mins. Let pressure release naturally for 10 mins. Then carefully release remaining pressure and open the pot.
For cooking in regular pot:
- In a medium size cooking pot, place the green plantain (cut in half or 3 pieces) with skin on. Add enough water to submerge the pieces completely. Cover with a lid placing it slightly ajar and cook on medium heat for about 15 mins.
Making the balls:
- Remove the skin from the cooked plantains and place the plantains in a bowl. While hot mash them coarsely using a potato masher. Leave it aside.
- In a food processor, add all the rest of the 'vada' ingredients and process it for 30 seconds till you get a coarse paste. Now add the mashed plantains to this mix and quickly pulse for 10 secs 2-3 times until you get a dough like consistency (DO NOT OVERMIX since then the balls will become hard)
- Transfer dough back to a bowl and divide into 7-8 balls.
To make the batter:
- Mix all batter ingredients except the water in a bowl and then add the water slowly to form a thick pasty mixture.
Frying the balls:
- In a small frying pan, add the coconut oil and heat for 2-3 mins on medium heat until hot. Now dip each ball into the batter to coat it completely and then place balls one by one in the oil to fry
Notes
You can deep fry the balls or shallow pan fry them as I did. To shallow fry use a small pan and fill oil up to 1 inch. then just turn balls every 2 mins on all sides to get fried evenly.
Recipe by Cook2Nourish at https://cook2nourish.com/2018/04/green-plantain-fritters-kacha-kela-vada-paleo-aip-vegan.html