banana peel curry
For sure the idea of a banana peel curry sounds very suprising for a lot of people. But it is a lovely vegetarian dish and you really should try it!
Equipment
- wok
Ingredients
- 2 banana peels
- 80 gram walnuts roughly chopped
- 1 onion yellow
- 1 red chili pepper
- 2 cm fresh ginger
- 1 tablespoon coconut oil
- 0,5 tablespoon turmeric
- 1 tablespoon mustard
- 1 teaspoon red curry paste
- 1 teaspoon cumin powder
- 300 ml water
- black pepper
- salt
Instructions
- Start in the morning and keeps the peels of two bananas aside. Put them in a bowl with water and add some turmeric (1/4 tablespoon). Let them soak at least 1 hour, but you can leave them there also for the rest of the day.
- Peel the onion and cut it into slices.
- Chop the ginger into fine pieces.
- Halve the red chili pepper and remove the seeds. Then also slice it into fine pieces.
- Take the banana peels out of the water. Remove the wooden parts and cut them into fine slices of app. 3 cm long.
- Heat the coconut oil in a wok. Then add the onions, ginger and chili pepper. Bake them for a few minutes and then add the spices: red curry paste, the rest of the turmeric powder, the mustard, the cumin powder, some pepper and salt.
- Then add the banana slices and the roughly chopped walnuts and bake for a few minutes while constantly stirring.
- Pour in the water and let it simmer for 15 minutes, until you have a smooth curry paste. Taste and season with extra salt or pepper if needed.
- Serve this delicious curry hot with some basmati rice.
Notes
A good advice: don't throw away the water in which you soaked the banana peels. They are a perfect fertilizer for your plants.