When things are meant to be, they just happen! Something like that happened for this Avocado Banana Chaat. I had dinner guests who are strict Jain Vegetarians, and hence had to find some summer recipes that would suit their needs, as well as my need for some chaat on the menu. I often think of the awesome Avocado Banana Chaat that I once had at Rasika, in Washington D.C. It was truly unique as it had avocado and indian spices. Rasika made an impression on me with its unique combination and superb presentation. And I always wanted to recreate this appetizer in my home. The guests served as an inspiration to look out for the recipe on the web. A click on one of the google search for avocado banana chaat, accidentally led me to a link on the Chef at Rasika himself explaining this recipe of Avocado Banana Chaat! I felt as if I had hit a goldmine!! And I can confidently say that the appetizer hit a gold medal with my guests too!
The recipe is simple, healthy, and the tamarind sauce can be made in advance and used as needed. All you need is ripe avocados to enjoy this delicious, tangy, appetizer that is just one of the coolest way to have avocados. Almost like having an avocado bhel feel! The recipe is great for pregnant women and people on the path of improving their good cholesterol(LDL) as Avocados are good source of good fat! So along with Guacamole, keep this Avocado Banana Chaat in your menu for dinner party lists, as it is colorful, easy and super healthy and highly novel item too! The interesting flavor of the caramelized banana sprinkled with black pepper is what gives it and extra dimension to this already cool appetizer!!
No summer is complete without a chaat, so start a healthy ABC with this Avocado, Banana, Chaat🙂
Recipe makes for 15 people
Prep Time : 15 min.
Cook Time : 15 min
Avocado Banana Chaat
Ingredients
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- 20 Avocados
- 2 cups jaggery
- 2 cups dates
- 1/2 cup tamarind paste( or 2 cups dry tamarind)
- 1 tbsp fennel seeds
- 6 dry Red Kashmiri Chillies
- 1600 ml water
- 7-8 About to ripe bananas
Method
- Put water to boil
- Add all the ingredients and boil for 30 min on fast flame.
- When the water reduces to half. remove from flame
- Using a hand blender, blend all the ingredients
- Sieve the mixture and remove the coarse parts.
- Cool the tamarind paste.
- Peel the bananas and cut into half and slice each half vertically into two more pieces.
- On a non stick or thick bottom shallow pan, put some oil to heat.
- Griddle the bananas for a few minutes on slow-medium flame till reddish brown.
- Remove from flame and sprinkle crushed black pepper and a pinch of salt on them
- Skin the avocados and remove the pit and dice them into cubes.
- Gather the chopped avocados in a small bowl, and invert the bowl in the plate.
- Top it with tamarind paste and surround it with caramelized bananas.
- Serve immediately.
Tips
Ensure that avocados are not extremely ripe, as then it is not possible to cut into cubes. Also if you cut the avocados in advance, pour some lemon juice on it, for it to avoid oxidation.
If well cooked, the tamarind paste will give off a nice glaze from the caramelization of the jaggery.
Instinct Factor
Just trust your heart to let you know what the body needs!
Feel Factor
To recreate what a master chef creates at his restaurant, is a wonderful feeling! And the feeling gets even more satisfying when the recipe turns out good and the guests enjoy this colorful chaat appetizer that becomes the spotlight for the evening! It is extremely colorful and healthy chaat recipe with avocados and banana, that will give you enough grounds for something to really chat about 🙂
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