2009/04/30

VAZHAIPOO PORIYAL/BANANA FLOWER STIR FRY




INGREDIENTS :

Vazhaipoo - - 2 cup
Green chillies - 3
Pearl Onions - 1/2 cup
Mustard,Urat dal --1 tsp each
Curd --2 tsp
Salt to taste and curry leaves
Grated coconut - 2 tbsps
Sambar powder - 1/2 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp

METHOD OF PREPARATION:

1) Wash , clean and chop vazhaipoo and soak in curd mixed water .
2) Meanwhile,heat oil in a pan . Add mustard,urat dal and green chillies . When it splutters,add onion,saute till golden brown.Add curry leaves.
3) Then add vazhaipoo with the curd water . Add Spice powders , salt.Cover with the lid.
4) Cook in medium flame till all the water is drained out and vazhaipoo is well cooked .
5) Finally , add grated coconut and mix it up well .


Serve hot with sambar rice .

22 comments:

Finla said...

I love vazhpuu and this looks dleicous.

lubnakarim06 said...

I heard about banana flower recipes and saw in blogs but never tasted it.....Looks yum...

Padma said...

mmm a very healthy dish Shama

Gita Jaishankar said...

Hey I too made vazhaipoo poriyal yesterday Shama :) My method was also similar to yours except I used regular onions instead of shallots. I should try using small onions next time.

Chutneytales said...

I love vazhapoo poriyal..We make this often!

Priya Suresh said...

Whenever i go to Indian groceries, i pick definitely a banana flower, just love this poriyal, even its really expensive here!

chef and her kitchen said...

I never prepared anything so far with banana flower..:)looks different..next time i will get n try this poriyal

Valarmathi Sanjeev said...

Tasty one. Its been so long since i made them.

Ashwini said...

Not tasted banana flower. It lookd yumm, want to try but we don't get here:-(

Pooja said...

Yummy..Never had a dish with banana flowers Shama..will try this time at chinese store..Hope i get them there..

kittymatti said...

wow! Great da... Vazhaippoo... my hubby would love to ump into yr kitchen rite now! looks very good!

VineelaSiva said...

Hai Shamai love this curry but i dont know how to cook and take the flowers .when ever i go to India my Grandma used to prepare the curry.

Ramya Vijaykumar said...

This is my fav I love to have this very healthy...

Chitra said...

Thanks for the award dear, vazhaipoo poriyal looks yumm, must try this:)

ARUNA said...

healthy dish Shama!!

saffronapron.blogspot.com said...

it's been so long since I had this poriya. thanx for bringing back those memories.

Unknown said...

Looks yummy & delicious..

Varsha Vipins said...

My hubby like this..good one shama..:)

Priya Sriram said...

Very healthy entry Shama! :)

Vibaas said...

This is new to me. Sounds yummy! but too bad i dont get vazhaipoo here :(

Uma said...

looks yummy :)

prethika said...

Healthy and tasty poriyal...looks yummy

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