Raw banana Chanadal Sabji :IP &Stovetop recipe

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As a vegetarian, Protein consumption is important to me. I try to include it everywhere possible. Anyway the beauty of Indian food is , it’s balanced with all food groups. I just follow the old recipes with lil bit of tweaking. One such recipe is this, Raw banana paired with Chana dal. It’s rich in Protein, veggies n fiber. Paired with Rice/Roti, it’s a wholesome meal. 

Back home, our family makes lots of similar recipes. I  gave links below in the post to all those recipes. While making these recipes, we reserve the water from boiled lentils and make Charu (Rasam) to go with it and it's nutritious, delicious. The pic below has the lentil Rasam that can be made in 10 minutes. It's a typical simple Telugu meal, Rice, curry, Rasam/Charu and yogurt.

This recipe can be made in Instant pot to. Saves lots of time. Steam cook Banana and lentils in separate pots. Once done rest of seasoning can be finished in Instant pot again. I use the below model and I love it.I use it mainly to cook Rice, to cook beans, dhal, Pongal,Biryanis and more. I can cook Rice for my Kids and quinoa for me same time using PIP method. Pls check IP recipe below after stove top recipe.

Ingredients(I use US standard measuring; 1cup=8oz=250ml):

• 3 Raw Bananas (Green Banana)
• 1/3 cup Chana dal (Senagapappu/Split Bengalgram)
• Salt to taste
• 1.5 tbsp Chili powder or adjust
• 1/4 tsp Turmeric
• few Curry leaves
• 1/2 tsp Mustard seeds
• 1/2 tsp Cumin seeds
• 2 Red chillies

Servings:

Four (4)

Total time: 

30 minutes

Related Recipes:
Anaheim chilli  (Bajji chilli) Moong dal curry
Cabbage Chanadal curry
Spinach Toordal curry
Punjabi Chole
Aloo Chole
kala chana Masala
Moringa (Drumsick leaves) Toordal curry
Sprouted Moong Bhaji (Sprouted Moong and veggies)
Beans Paruppu Usili
Roasted Bengalgram powder (To serve with Idli/Dosa)
Sunnundalu (Protein rich dessert)

Gadgets used in the recipe:
Silicone Pot Holder
Instant Pot DUO60 6 Qt

Useful to have:
PIP insertsIP 
Steamer insert

 Stovetop Recipe

1. Heat water in Microwave and soak 1/3 cup Chanadal in the warm water for 15 minutes. 
2. Clean n Cut 3 Bananas, each into 2 pieces. Pressure cook for a whistle or steam with no whistle for 10 minutes .Pressure cooking makes it easy to peel the skin and also easy to chop. 
3. You can also place Chanadal in cooker along with Banana, in a separate bowl. So they both get cooked same time. 
4. Or Boil Chana dal with water on stove till trey are parboiled but not mashed. Drain and keep Dhal aside. 
5. After pressure cooking Peel and Chop Banana into medium size cubes. 
6. In a pan add 2 tbsp oil. Add Mustard seeds, Cumin seeds, curry leaves and broken red chillies. Once they splutter add Banana pieces, salt to taste, Turmeric, Chilli powder. 
7. Mix. Add cooked Chanadal. Mix well. Cook covered for few minutes. Turn off. 
8. Serve with Rice or Roti. 
   
9. Today we had with Rice and Lentil Rasam made with the water reserved from boiled Chanadal. Nothing is wasted here except Banana peels :-). And the home made Ghee elevated the taste of everything.

Instant Pot Recipe

• Clean and chop Bananas into halves. Place them take in Instant pot insert bowl with little water.

• Rinse and add little (about 3/4 cup) water to chana dal in different bowl.

• Place Trivet in Instant pot main pot, add 1 cup water. Place both Banana, chana dal bowls inside. Pressure cook, high pressure for 3 minutes. Keep steam release handle in Sealing mode.Natural pressure release.
• Open lid after float valve drops down. Peel and chop bananas into small pieces.

• Drain water from chana dal if any left.
• Take off water from main pot. Keep it back.Press Saute button on instant pot.set 10 minutes, Normal mode.
• Add 2 tbsp oil to the main pot. Add 1/2 tsp Mustard seeds, 1 tsp Cumin seeds, few curry leaves and couple broken red chillies. Once they splutter add Chopped Banana pieces.
  
• Add 1/4 tsp Turmeric, 1 tbsp Chilli powder and salt to adjust.
  
  
  
  
• Mix well. Add Chana dal and little water. Mix well. Cover with a lid and cook few minutes.
  
• Press Cancel button. Leave few minutes.
• Serve.
  

Tips:

you can add finely chopped onions to the recipe before adding Raw banana.

You can add garlic pieces in seasoning.

You can add green chillies instead chilli powder