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Recipe: Taruna's Kele Ki Macchli

December 06, 2023 12:45 IST

When one thinks of macchli curry, the ingredient that comes to mind is fish. But Taruna Deepak's Kele Ki Macchli interestingly features raw banana.

"It's not only the season for baking, but also time for stirring pots of hearty curries and soups," shares the Mumbai-based food blogger.

She calls it 'vegan fish curry' because of its appearance, texture, and taste closely resembles that of a fish curry. Taruna learned this recipe from her mother-in-law during the lockdown.

The raw banana is sliced in a manner that it looks like a piece of fish and it's cooked in a similar manner to a yellow mustard-based fish curry.

It goes well with steamed rice but can be had with rotis, naans or even missi rotis.

Kele Ki Macchli

Serves: 3-4

For the marinade

For the paste

For the curry

To serve

Method

For making the paste 

For making the curry

Taruna's Note: The banana slices and the paste have been seasoned, therefore go easy on salt and spice in the curry.

Also remember that there is black pepper, green chilly and red chilly added to the curry. So, adjust the heat to taste.

Taruna Deepak lives in Mumbai and is the creator of the food blog Easyfoodsmith.

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