Ingredients:

• 2 – raw Plantain
• 10 slices – sandwich bread
• 2 – onion, finely chopped
• 2 – Tomatoes
• 1 small piece – Ginger
• 1 tsp – aniseed
• 1 small piece – Cinnamon
• Salt to taste
• Oil to fry
• 1 stalk – Curry leaves
• 1 tsp – chilli powder
• 1 tsp – Turmeric powder
• 5 flakes – Garlic

Method:

1. Cut the plantain into big pieces (about 3 inches long), add salt and turmeric powder and cook it in water and keep aside.
2. Cut the bread also of the same size and keep it aside.
3. Grind the ginger and garlic into a paste.
4. Pour oil in a kadai and deep fry the plantain and take it out.
5. Deep fry the bread also till it becomes light brown in colour.
6. Heat about 3 tsp of oil in a pan and add aniseed, cinnamon and fry.
7. Add the chopped onion and 1 pinch salt and saute till it becomes brown in colour.
8. Add the chopped tomatoes, and the salt required for the entire masala and saute for a little while (about 2 minutes).
9. Add the ground ginger-garlic paste, chilli powder and saute till the oil separates and till the raw smell of the ginger-garlic and chilli powder goes.
10. Add the bread and plantain, reduce the flame of the stove to a simmer and let it cook for another 5 minutes.

Recipe courtesy of Shantha