Vazhakkai Podi / Spicy Raw Banana curry is a quick and delicious curry that you
can put together in under 15 minutes. Make and store the masala powder
beforehand for everyday use and you will have plenty of time in the kitchen.
This curry goes well with yoghurt rice / Rasam / Sambhar (now I am
repeatedly talking about curd rice in all my previous posts coz its summer now,
and nothing satiates tummy like chilled yoghurt rice!)
This masala powder
can be used with other veggies too – Potato / Arbi (Colocasia) or any other
tubers. Sending this to day 7 of Blogging Marathon that I am running under the
theme "Vazhakkai Podi".
Here's a quick recap of this week under
"Accompaniments":
- Paruppu
Thogayal | Paruppu Thuvayal - Spicy Lentil Dip - a heirloom recipe - Badanekaayi
Palya | Spicy Brinjal stir fry - Manga
Kothamalli Chutney | Raw mango-cilantro chutney - Vellarikai
Khara Pachadi | Fiery Cucumber chutney - Pudina
Thogayal | Mint Chutney - Okra
Stir fry (Vendakai dry curry), and a journey of a Satvic South Indian
Thali
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Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time : 10 mins
Serves : 2
Difficulty level : Easy
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Ingredients:
- Raw banana – 2 nos
- Oil – 2 tbsp
- Tumeric – ½ tsp
- Tempering : Mustard (1 tsp), Curry Leaves
- Salt – to taste
- Amchur / Dry Mango Powder – 1 tsp
Masala / Spice Powder :
- Urad Dal – 1 tsp
- Black Pepper – ½ tsp
- Channa Dal – 1 tsp
- Dhaniya seeds– 1 tsp
- Hing – a pinch
- Red chillies – 2 nos
Method:
1) Peel and cube the raw banana into ½ inch
cubes.
2) Boil banana in water and salt for 8 – 10 minutes
till 90% done.Drain.
3) Meanwhile, roast all the masala powder in 1
tbsp oil till the dals slightly colour.
4) Cool and powder the masala.
5) In a skillet, add 1 tablespoon of oil. Splutter
curry leaves and mustard seeds. Add turmeric.
6) Add the boiled veggies and toss. Now add
the masala powder and the amchur. Stir well till the masala
powder coats all the veggies evenly. Add 1 or 2 teaspoon oil more if necessary.
7) Adjust salt and serve with rice and sambhar
or just curd rice.
Tips:
You may also boil whole and peeled raw banana and
grate the veggie thickly. In that case, do not stir too much as it
becomes
You may substitute ½ teaspoon of tamarind paste in place
of amchur. I personally don’t prefer adding tamarind extract or paste as this
is a dry curry.
Aarthi says
Good dish using raw banana..Will try soon..
Priya Suresh says
Omg, would love to finish that whole bowl,my fav curry..
Btw regarding ur question about Savoury cake, just skip the eggs and use flax seed meal or silken tofu to replace the eggs with more butter milk, hope i cleared ur doubt..
Unknown says
Hi kalyani, how are you busy with marathon 🙂 The curry looks super - pity we don't get vazhakai where we live for the asking! Hence it becomes a rare treat! lovely post 🙂
Harini says
sounds interesting!
veena says
love the addition of masala powder. Looks very delcicious
Cool Lassi(e) says
Nice side for yogurt rice. Looks yum!
Unknown says
Love your masala podi and of course the fry as well.
Aarthi says
This looks really good....And I have some awards waiting for you,in my blog..Please check that and collect that dear...
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Shylaja says
Hi Kalyani,
This is regarding your question on Coconut Rava Laddu. Today I made aval laddu with dessicated coconut and it came out fine. So it should definetly work with Cocounut rava laddu too. It may require more milk.
South Indian Home
Suma Gandlur says
We make it too but powder it as the name suggests. BTW, did you get your post back?
Anonymous says
This dish is very tempting and mouthwatering! I will share this to my wife, because she's exactly looking for a recipe where she can use a banana. Anyway, please keep on sharing!
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