Vazhaipoo Poriyal / Banana Flower Stir Fry

Vazhipoo is in our recipe menu often as I love this recipe with green chilli as masala amd adding fresh grated coconut...This is my mom's recipe, when she came here with my sister in last vacation, my hubby brought this banana flower from our village.. I plan to make my normal poriyal which i have already posted in my blog..

But my mom told, i prepare this banana flower with green chilli and frresh coconut.. So i remove the big skin and take the florets found inside the bract, in the florets find a thick string in the middle and rubbery skin out side.. Remove both from each florets and chopped it into tiny bits.. Put into the water with little butter milk, This will avoid decolouration of the florets..I gave it my mom, she make it as a delicious, yummy and tasty poriyal. 

I remember those days while tying my recipe, I miss u mom.. So I hope you must love and try this recipe, let me know how it's turn sout from you..

Preparation time : 1/2 hours

Cooking Time : 20 mins

Serve - 3

Recipe source - My mom

Recipe category - Poriyal Recipe

INGREDIENTS :

Vazhipoo / Banana flower - 1 

Salt - as needed

Water - 1 cup

Fresh grated coconut - 1 cup

FOR MASALA :

Green chilli - 4 nos

Garlic - 1 cloves 

Cumin seeds - 1/4 tspn

Fresh coconut - 2 tspn

Shallots / Small onion - 4 to 5 nos

TO TEMPER :

Coconut oil - 2 tbspn

Mustard seeds - 1 tspn

Urad dal - 1 tspn

Shallots - 3 nos (chopped)

Curry leaves - few

METHOD :

• Make the masala first, the ingredients given in the list " FOR MASALA" into a blender and pluse it once..Keep aside.
• Heat a pan with coconut oil and temper it with mustard, urad dal, shallots, curry leaves..
• When it became little brown, add in vazhaipoo and toss well in the oil.
• For 2 to 3 mins, and add in water and mix well.
• Cover it with lid and cook till water evaporate..
• Inbetween toss it lightly and the water 3/4 evaporate add in salt, grounded paste..
• Cover it with lid (no need to mix).
• After 2 mins open the lid and give it a mix ..
• Again, it will relase some water so cover it with lid and cook for few mins.
• Open the lid and mix well.
• Once it cook and raw smell goes, add in grated fresh coconut.
• Mix evenly and serve hot..
• Enjoy..

PICTORIAL :

Preapare your vazhipoo and chopped it

Take the masala ingredients

Take them in a blender

Pulse it lightly, keep aside

Heat a pan with coconut oil

Add in mustard seeds. allow to crackle

Add in urad dal

Add in chopped shallots and curry leaves

Toss till brown

Add in vazhipoo without water

Mix well

Along with oil

Once it mix

Add in water

Mix evenly

Cover it with lid and cook

Open the lid 

Mix it once

When the water evaporates 

Add some salt

Add in grinded masala

No need to mix, cover it with lid

Once after 2 mins

Masala blended with vazhipoo

Mix it evenly

Cover it with lid

Now it almost done

Add in fresh grated coconut

Mix well.

Done

Transfer to the serving bowl

Enjoy...