Vaazhakkai Podimas (Plantain Podimas)
- Steam cook Plantain (raw babana / vaazhakkai / valakkai) for 15 min with the jacket on
- Remove the jacket and grate or mash it
- In a hot pan, add 1 Tbsp oil and season with mustard seeds, urad dhal, chana dhal, curry leaves
- Add 1 green chilly slit into 2 halves, 1/4 medium size onion chopped and saute until onions turn transparent
- Add salt per taste and 1/4sp turmeric powder
- Add the grated banana and fry for 2 mins
- Garnish with cilantro and serve hot
- It goes well with curd / rasam /sambar
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Vazhaikai Varuval (Plantain)
My mom is a great cook. She used to make all simple and tasty food. This is one of her recipe.
Many vegetables go with this recipe.
oil + cloves + cinnamon + sombu + (3 small onions + 3 garlic cloves – ground paste) + curry leaves + 1 sp chilly powder + 1 sp curry powder or garam masala powder + turmeric powder + salt + raw vazhaikai pieces (chop off the skin) -> fry for few mins. You can sprinkle water to prevent charing.
