Vazhakkai Thoran / Raw Banana Podimas / Vazhakkai Puttu

Raw banana is a common vegetable in south india.. We cook different recipes using vazhakkai Vazhakkai Puttu / Raw Banana Podimas is a very simple and healthy recipe prepared with raw bananas.. Here first i cook the raw banana and grated vazhakkai it added lot of taste to the poriyal..

Crushed garlic and cumin seeds, which gives a excellent flavour to the poriyal.. It well goes with Tradional Poondu kuzhambu, Amma's puli kuzhambu, Milagu vatha kuzhambu, karunai kizhangu puli kuzhambu, Vendhaya kuzhambu... Instead of always preparing vazhakkai curry or roast you can try this simple recipe for a change as it doesnot require much oil or ingredients and can be prepared quickly...

My hubby's favourite it with venthaya kuzhambu.. so I hope that you must try this recipe and let me know how it's turns out from you....

Preparation time : 15 mins

Cooking time : 10 mins

Serve - 3

Recipe cuisine - South indian

INGREDIENTS :

Raw banana - 2

Grated coconut - 1/2 cup

Salt - as needed

TO CRUSH :

Garlic - 3 cloves

Cumin seeds - 1/2 tspn

TO TEMPER :

Coconut oil - 1 tbspn

Mustard seeds - 1 tspn

Urad dal - 1 tspn

Shallots / Small onion - 5 (chopped)

Green chilli - 1 (chopped)

Curry leaves - few

METHOD :

• Take raw banana and cut the top and bottom of it.. set aside..
• Heat a pan with water and place the raw banana (noted the banana is fully immersed) and cover it with lid..
• Now let it cook for 10 mins.. in medium flame..
• Untill it became soft but firm enough to grate...
• Peel the skin and Shred it with carrot grated and keep aside..
• Now crush the cumin seeds and garlic and keep aside.
• Now take grated raw banana in a bowl and add in enough salt and grated coconut and keep mixing..
• All are ready.. let's we start tempering for that heat a pan with coconut oil.
• Add in mustard and urad dal allow to splutter..
• Then add in shallots, curry leaves and green chilli, crushed garlic and toss it for 2 mins..
• Then add shredded raw banana along with the coconut and salt.
• Saute well untill it starts roasted well.
• Givwe it a quick stir well and switch it off.

PICTORIAL :

Take the raw banana 

Cut the top and botton portion

In a kadai add some water and raw banana

Cover it with lid and let it cook for 10 mins

Now it's done for grated, switch off

Take away the boiled raw banana

Peel the skin

Now it's time to grated

Now it's done

Take garlic and cumin seeds

Crushed it lightly (sorry the pic is not clearly)

Now all ingredients is ready

Now take raw banana 

Add some salt

Grated fresh coconut

Mix well and keep aside.

Heat a pan with coconut oil

Add in mustard and urad dal and allow to splutter

Now add in chopped shallots and chilli

Toss it for 2 mins

Add in crushed cumin and garlic

Toss it for 2 to 3 mins till raw smell goes.

Now add in raw banana coconut mixture and toss well

Now transfer it into a serving bowl

Now it's done

Enjoy...