Banana Skin & Peanut Curry

Banana Skin Peanut Curry served with Basmati Rice & Atchar

Banana Skin & Peanut Curry

Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Course Main Course
Servings 4 people

Ingredients
  

  • 4 ea Banana Skins cut into small pieces about 1cm x 1cm
  • ½ – 1 cup Peanut
  • ¼ cup Red Lentils
  • 20 ml Coconut oil
  • 1-2 Tomatoes grated
  • 2 tsp Curry powder
  • ¼ tsp Cumin seeds
  • ¼ tsp Coriander seeds
  • ¼ tsp Mustard seeds
  • ¼ tsp Fenugreek optional
  • 2 ea Cardamom Pods optional
  • 4 ea Green Chili sliced
  • 1-2 cloves Garlic crushed
  • 1 tsp Ginger Grated
  • 10 – 12 Curry Leaves
  • 1 tbsp Chopped Mint & Coriander
  • juice from one Lemon
  • 1 tsp grated Palm Sugar
  • 130 ml Coconut Milk
  • water as needed
  • Salt
  • Pepper

Instructions
 

  • Toast all the dry seeds and spices
  • Add coconut oil
  • Add onion and sauté until soft
  • Add peanuts and lentils
  • Continue to sauté for 2 minutes
  • Add curry powder cook for about a minute
  • Add grated tomato
  • Add coconut milk and cook until lentils are tender
  • Add water as need
  • Add banana skins a cook for 30 – 40 minutes, if it cooks dry add some more water
  • Add curry leaves and mint adjust seasoning
  • Serve with steamed rice/roti and favourite sambal

Notes

I prefer cooking a lot of the moisture away making the curry slightly dryer
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