Vazhaithandu(Stem Banana) Gravy
Vazhaithandu(Stem Banana) Gravy

Hello everybody, it is me, Dave, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, vazhaithandu(stem banana) gravy. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Vazhaithandu(Stem Banana) Gravy is one of the most well liked of current trending meals on earth. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions every day. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Vazhaithandu(Stem Banana) Gravy is something which I have loved my whole life.

I try to include vazhaithandu recipes in my cooking at least once in a month as it has lots of health benefits. Whenever I go to Salem, my FIL buys me banana stem and banana flower because finding these vegetables in my place is very rare. Vazhaithandu poriyal or banana stem stir fry in south Indian style healthy accompaniment for rice, mild in spice, add only red chilli and no masala powders.

To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook vazhaithandu(stem banana) gravy using 10 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Vazhaithandu(Stem Banana) Gravy:
  1. Prepare 1 stem banana
  2. Make ready 1 tsp tamarind paste
  3. Take 1 tsp dhaniya powder,
  4. Make ready 1 tsp red chilli powder
  5. Take 2 tsp mustard
  6. Get 2 tsp urad dal
  7. Make ready 1 cup grated coconnut
  8. Prepare 1 tsp perungayam
  9. Take 1 tsp salt, cooking oil
  10. Make ready 1 bunch curry leaves

Vazhaithandu refers to banana stem or plantain stem and is used in various soups, stews, curries, stir fries and other dishes (thogayal, pachadi, poriyal and koottus). It is also used to make poriyal (subzi), juiced, used in a version of raita. lt is used as a remedy for kidney stones in TamilNadu,India. After gobbling upon crispy fried onion samosas and delicious mocha cookies during the week, it is now time to wrap up the week on a slightly healthy note. This is a recipe for Banana stem curry (Vazhaithandu curry in Tamil), cooked along with yellow moong dal, garnished with fresh coconut, to prepare a simple yet nourishing dish that can be eaten along with rasam and rice.

Steps to make Vazhaithandu(Stem Banana) Gravy:
  1. Peel the vegetable and cut into pieces. cook for 5 minutes.
  2. Then add the tamarind paste, dania powder, red chilli powder, salt and aboil for 5 minutes.
  3. Then add the grated coconut.
  4. In another pan add little oil fry the mustard, perumgayam, urad dal curry leaves add to the gravy.
  5. Tasty gravy is ready.

Make round slices of the banana stem, remove the fibers and cut it into small cubes. Cook the green gram dhal along with turmeric till soft. Pour enough water to cover the banana stem pieces. Cook till the pieces are soft. Add the cooked dhal and mix well.

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