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Maduram Chertha Nenthrakaya - Unripe Plantain Dessert

Ingredients of Maduram Chertha Nenthrakaya

Serves: 6

5 unripe plantains

1 cup oil

2 ½ cups sugar

1 ½ tbsp ghee

½ medium-sized, fresh coconut, grated

1 tsp rose- water

Method of Preparation of Maduram Chertha Nenthrakaya

• Peel plantains, slit lengthwise and cut into 3-cm long, 1-cm thin slices.
  
• Heat oil in a frying pan and fry plantain slices till crisp and golden. Drain and set aside.
  
• Combine sugar with ½ cup water in a pan, place over moderate heat and stir till sugar dissolves. Bring to boil and boil to the soft-ball stage. (A little syrup poured into a cup of cold water forms a soft ball.)
  
• Stir in ghee and coconut, and cook till mixture thickens and becomes string-like.
  
• Add rose-water and plantains, and continue cooking and stirring till completely dry.
  
• Remove from heat and serve.

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