Vazhaipoo Kuzhambu recipe – Banana Flower curry recipe
Vazhaipoo Kuzhambu recipe – Banana Flower curry recipe
Banana Flower has immense medicinal benefits in it that it is a must have vegetable in our diet. Source of fibers, proteins, unsaturated fatty acids, vitamin E and flavonoids.
- Helps to heal wounds and infections faster
- Helps keep Blood Pressure under control
- Helps Lower Cholesterol
- Helps reduce excessive bleeding during mensuration
- Heals wounds and helps recover faster and strengthens uterus after delivery – postpartum
The list will continue. Am so fond of it just because of its goodness. Only thing you got to take time to clean them but they are worth it!
This Vazhaipoo Kulambu is an inspiration from my Mom’s Mysore rasam and Pepper kulambu recipes. I make Vazhaipoo thoran very often that i wanted to try making curry this time in my Mom’s Style. Banana flower kootu is also one of the best option for rice. Vazhaipoo vadai for snack is always a hit at our home 🙂
Vazhaipoo Kuzhambu recipe – Banana Flower curry recipe – Pictorial description:
Get all your ingredients ready
- Roast the whole spices in little oil until it starts changing color.
Add shallots, curry leaves and red chilli. fry for a minute
- Put in all the powders (sambar, coriander, turmeric and chilli powder).
Now since we are adding coriander seeds, add little coriander powder. adding powder gives a different taste.
- Mix well and fry for a minute in simmer
- Put off stove and grind it to a smooth paste
- Heat oil in a cooker, splutter mustard seeds
- Fry chopped onions and green chilli until onions turn pink
- Add chopped garlic to it and fry for half a minute
- Goes in chopped tomato. Saute again for a minute on medium flame
- Drop in the cleaned banana flowers (soaked in buttermilk)
You can use them directly without chopping. If you don’t want long pieces, just cut them into halves.
- Add the ground masala to this
- Pour in tamarind water
- coconut milk
- Salt required
- Pressure cook for 3 whistles. If the flowers are tender, you may stop with 2 whistles.
Vazhaipoo Kuzhambu recipe – Banana Flower curry recipe :
Vazhaipoo Kuzhambu recipe - Banana Flower curry recipe
Ingredients
- 1.5 cups banana flower pellets
- 1 cup coconut milk
- 1 large tomato chopped
- 1 large onion chopped
- 1 gooseberry sized tamarind
- 1 no green chilli
To roast and Grind
- 1/8 tsp peppercorns
- 1/4 tsp coriander seeds
- 1 pinch fenugreek seeds
- 1/2 tsp chana dal
- 1/4 tsp urad dal
- 1/8 tsp cumin seeds
- 10 cloves garlic
- 1 spring curry leaves
- 1 no red chilli
- 8-10 no shallots
- 1/2 tbsp sambar powder
- 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
- 1 tbsp coriander powder
- 1/2 tsp chilli powder
Instructions
- Roast the whole spices in little oil until it starts changing color. Add shallots, curry leaves and red chilli. fry for a minute. Put in all the powders (sambar, coriander, turmeric and chilli powder). Mix well and fry for a minute in simmer. Put off stove and grind it to a smooth paste
- Heat oil in a cooker, splutter mustard seeds, Fry chopped onions and green chilli until onions turn pink.
- Add chopped garlic to it and fry for half a minute. Goes in chopped tomato. Saute again for a minute on medium flame. Drop in the cleaned banana flowers (soaked in buttermilk)
- Add the ground masala to this, Pour in tamarind water, coconut milk, Salt required and Pressure cook for 3 whistles.
