6 Indian Dishes That Are Cooked In Banana Leaves

Producer: Mehak Pal Editor: Nisha Dubey

Cooking with banana leaves has been part of Indian culinary traditions. Here are some Indian dishes that are cooked in banana leaves.

Rice Panki (Gujarat)

 In this dish, rice batter with some aromatic spices is steamed to perfection in banana leaves.

Macha Patro Poda (Odisha)

Machcha Patro Poda is fish marinated with a generous amount of masala, wrapped in banana leaf and cooked for a few minutes till it's soft and flaky.

Kerala Meenpollichathu (Kerala)

It is traditionally made with Karimeen (Pearl spotfish). Fish is wrapped in a banana leaf and cooked with spicy masala sauce.

Chingri Bhapa (Bengal)

It is a traditional Bengali dish that is steamed in banana leaves. Prawns are marinated in mustard paste, coconut and green chillies.

Kapdu or Hittu (Konkan)

It is a Konkani version of the common idli. It is sеrvеd with coconut chutnеy or Sambar to еnhancе its flavours.

 Damni dhokla

It is a dеlеctablе Gujarati dеlight known for its uniquе prеsеntation and preparation in banana lеavеs