Healthy Food Recipes - Vazhakkai Poriyal-Raw Banana (plantain) Curry!
Posted on: 10/Dec/2014 11:54:01 AM
Ingredients:
- Vazhakkai (plantain) – 2 nos
- Onion – 2 nos
- Tomato – 2 nos
- Garlic – 10 nos
- Curry Leaves – few
- Cumin Seeds – ½ spoon
- Mustard Seeds – ½ spoon
- Oil – 4 spoons
- Salt – To taste
- Turmeric powder -1/2 tsp
- Sambar Powder – ½ spoon
- Grated coconut - 1/4 cup (Optional)
Method:
- Peel the skin of plantain and chop it into cubes or medium sized pieces. Keep it in water to prevent discoloration, else its colour turns black.
- Heat oil in a kadai, add mustard seeds and cumin seeds and when it splutters, add urad dal. When dal turns golden brown, add chopped garlic and curry leaves.
- Now add the chopped onion and then tomato and sauté for about 2 minutes till tomato shrinks and raw smell leaves.
- Add salt as required and mix well.
- Add the required quantity of water at this stage and add turmeric powder, sambar powder and allow it to boil for some time.
- Sauté for 2-3 seconds and then add the plantain. You can pressure cook this until soft but not mushy. It should retain its shape, so make sure you do not overcook it.
- Else if you have cut the plantain into small even sized pieces, you can boil it in the kadai itself by closing the lid and boiling it for about for 5 to 10 minutes.
- Mix well so that it is well coated with the seasoning. Check for salt. If required add and mix well.
- Grind the coconut in a mixer without adding water.
- Then add grated coconut, mix well and remove from heat.
- Delicious, easy and healthy plantain stir fry is ready to be served with rice.
Note:
- This recipe is prepared with very less oil and is very healthy compared to the Vazhakkai fry.
- It goes very well with rasam and sambar rice and is commonly served in marriages.
- As raw plantain might cause stomach discomfort for some people, so do not omit adding garlic and ginger when preparing this curry.
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Mrs. Lavanya Sampath
