Vazhakkai poriyal recipe | How to make Vazhakkai poriyal
Vazhakkai poriyal is a deliciously simple side dish from South Indian kitchen, made with raw banana and basic spices.
Ingredients
Ingredients:
- 2 medium raw bananas
- 2 tbsp oil
- ½ tsp mustard seeds
- ½ tsp cumin seeds
- 1 tsp split urad dal
- 1 sprig curry leaves
- 2 green chillies
- 2 red chillies
- 1 onion
- 1 pinch asafoetida
- ½ cup salted water (approx.)
- 2 tbsp coconut (grated)
Instructions
Preparation:
- Chop onion and green chillies.
- Rinse the raw banana, remove the extra fiber using a peeler and chop into medium size pieces. To avoid oxidation and darkening of the banana pieces you can keep the chopped pieces in a bowl of water.
- Grate coconut and keep ready.
Recipe:
- Heat oil in a pan, season with mustard and cumin seeds. Let the mustard crackle and add split urad dal.
- Fry them to golden color and add split green chillies and red chillies. Now put onions with curry leaves and saute well.
- Put a pinch of asafoetida and add chopped raw banana pieces.
- Add the required salt for the vazhakkai podimas in approximately quarter to a half cup of water. Now sprinkle this salt mixed water on Vazhakkai pieces, mix well, cover and cook. You can sprinkle some more water if needed.
- Cook the raw banana for just five minutes until they become soft but not mushy. Check the doneness by pressing one piece of banana. Add very less water only to cook vazhakkai. There shouldn't be any water left out when it is done.
- Add grated coconut to the poriyal, mix well and switch off. Serve as a side dish with roti, chapati or with rice and tamarind based curry.
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Notes
Tips:
1) First of all, add only the required water only to stem the vazhakkai. Otherwise, the banana poriyal will become mushy.
2) Furthermore, asafoetida and cumin seeds help in relieving gas trouble and please don't avoid these while making raw banana dishes.
1) First of all, add only the required water only to stem the vazhakkai. Otherwise, the banana poriyal will become mushy.
2) Furthermore, asafoetida and cumin seeds help in relieving gas trouble and please don't avoid these while making raw banana dishes.
Nutrition
Calories: 420kcal
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