Vazhakkai [Raw banana] podimas

Cuisine Style: Tamil Nadu, South India | Cooking Time: 5 to 8 min | To Serve: 3 | Type : Side dish, Poriyal, Stir Fry | Take with : Rice

Ingredients

• Raw banana [vazhakkai] – 1 cup
• Mustard seed – 1 tbsp
• Bengal gram – ½ tbsp
• Urad dal – ½ tbsp
• Garlic – 2 cloves [mashed]
• Red chilli powder – ½ tbsp
• Turmeric powder [haldi] – ¼ tsp
• Coriander powder [dhania] – ½ tbsp
• Curry leaves - 1 spring
• Coconut – 2 tbsp [grated]
• Oil – 2 tbsp
• Salt to taste

Preparation

• Wash & boil raw banana. Then peel the skin off. Cut into cubes & sprinkle salt mix well.
• Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds & let it splutter. Then add Bengal gram, urad dal sauté.
• Add garlic, & curry leaves sauté. Then add salt, coriander, turmeric & red chilli powder mix well.
• Add boiled raw banana sauté till bit crispy. Then add coconut, cut off heat & serve hot with rice.