Vazhakkai Poriyal | Raw Banana (Plantain) Curry

Name: Vazhakkai Poriyal | Raw Banana (Plantain) Curry
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Ingredients: 3 Raw Banana; ¼ tsp Turmeric Powder; 1 tsp Salt (To Taste); 3 tbsp Grated Coconut; ½ tsp Peppercorns; 1 Red Chili; 1/2 tsp Cumin Seeds; 1 tsp Cooking Oil; 1 tsp Mustard seeds; 1 Red Chili; 1 tsp Split Urad Dal; 1 fistful Curry leaves; ¼ tsp Asafoetida (Asafetida / Hing)

Posted on May 8th, 2019

by Sowmya Venkatachalam

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Vazhakkai Poriyal | Raw Banana (Plantain) Curry is very easy and quick poriyal. This will be made using very less oil and without onion / garlic. Raw Banana is cooked and seasoned with coconut and other spices. It goes very well with Sambar / Rasam rice as an accompaniment.

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 15 minutes

Total Time 25 minutes

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Vazhakkai Poriyal (Raw Banana (Plantain) Curry) is a very quick and easy to make poriyal. In this recipe cooked Vazhakkai is seasoned with spices and coconut with very less oil. Raw Banana and Potato are two commonly made poriyal in most our SouthIndian kitchen, especially in Tamilnadu. We can make lot of different recipes with Raw Banana. Most of like Roasting raw banana with lots of spices and make it like Vazhakkai Varuval. Varuval tastes awesome with most of the main courses like Rasam, Kuzhambu, rice varieties like Tamarind rice, Lemon rice or just with plain Curd Rice too. But Varuval needs more oil than this simple Vazhakkai Poriyal.

Different variations of making Vazhakkai Poriyal

We usually don’t add ‘onion – garlic’ in this recipe. But if you like onion/garlic, then you can add it.
Adding green chilies and ginger brings additional flavor.
You can simply skip the grinding process and just add the coconut at the end and mix well

Benefits of Raw Banana

Raw Banana (Plantain) are an excellent source of fiber. Fiber content takes longer time to digest thus makes us feel full. Also Raw banana has low sugar content so its good for Diabetics.Green banana needs to be cooked for better absorption of nutrients. We should include Raw banana in our regular diet.

Other yummy recipes using Vazhakkai (Raw Banana)

Vazhakkai Podimas – We grate the vazhakkai and cook them with ginger, green chili and other spices
Vazhakkai Varuval – Stir frying the Vazhakkai with chili and other masalas
Vazhakkai Mezhukkupuratti – Traditional Kerala style cooked with onion-garlic-red chili paste.

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Method with step by step picture:

Peel the raw banana and chop it to small cubes. Add the chopped raw banana to a vessel and add water to soak the raw banana and add turmeric powder along with salt and boil it in stove. When the raw banana is cooked, drain the excess water and keep it aside

Grind the grinding ingredients to a nice powder in the mixer

Heat oil in a pan and add mustard seeds. When the mustard seeds starts to sputter, add split urid dal and fry it till it turns golden brown color. Add red chilli and curry leaves and saute it for 10 seconds. Then add cooked and drained raw banana and mix well