Vazhaipoo poriyal recipe | Banana flower stir fry-How to make-Stepwise pictures & Video

Cuisine Style: Tamil Nadu, South India | Cooking Time: 10 minutes | To Serve: 7 | Type: Thoran, Poriyal, Stir fry

Clear & easy demonstration on removing banana flower stigma and cooking. It is prepared on clay pot in traditional method. I love this porial, one of the tastiest curry in the world.

Ingredients

• Vazhaipoo [banana flower] – 1
• Coconut – ¼ cup [grated]
• Onion – 1 [sliced]
• Green chilli - 1
• Curry leaves – 1 spring
• Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp
• Red chilli powder – ¼ tsp
• Corainder powder – ½ tbsp
• Mustard seeds – 1 tbsp
• Bengal gram – 1 tbsp
• Urad dal – 1 tbsp
• Jaggery – ½ tbsp
• Oil – 2 tbsp
• Salt to taste
• Water as needed

Method

• Peel off the petals. And pluck the white flowers. Then hold flower bunch & rub the tip with other hand now you can see the stamens and stigma. Just cut the stigma. Now chop and put it in turmeric powder mixed water.
• Repeat the procedure for all flowers. Then drain excess water and boil for 7 min.
• Heat pan with oil add mustard, Bengal gram and urad dal.
• Add onion sauté till soft. Then add green chilli & curry leaves.
• Add 2 tbsp coconut, sauté.
• Add banana flower and salt sauté well. Then add jaggery and remaining coconut mix well. Cut off heat and serve hot with rice.

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How To Make Vazhaipoo poriyal- Stepwise Pictures

Vazhai poo poriyal ingredients

Vazhaipoo petals & Florets

Separate stigma & calyx

Stigma & Calyx

Remove stigma & Calyx

Chop florets

Put in in turmeric added water

Heat 2 tbsp oil in a pan, add mustard, bengal gram , urad dal, asafetida & curry leaves

Add green chilli, dry red chilli, onion, salt & coconut

Add banana flower florets

Add turmeric & red chilli powder

Saute for 2 min then let it cook for 5 to 8 min

Add coconut cut off heat

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