Name: Vazhakkai Varuval | Raw Banana Fry
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Ingredients: 2 Raw Banana ((Vazhakkai)); 1/4 tsp Turmeric Powder; 1 tsp Sambar Powder; 3/4 tsp Salt ((adjust to your taste)); 1 tsp Gram Flour (Besan / Chickpea Flour); 1 tbsp Cooking Oil; 1 tsp Mustard Seeds; 1 tsp Split Urad Dal

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Raw banana is a yummy vegetable which tastes divine if we stir-fry them. It is one of the traditional Poriyal (side dish) or curry variety in most of the South Indian kitchen. A hassle free and quick Vazhakkai stir-fry and would be a nice side dish for most of the of the rice varieties and even with all traditional kuzhambu varieties.

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 20 minutes

Total Time 30 minutes

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Vazhakkai Varuval Recipe | Vazhakkai Roast recipe| Raw Banana Fry Recipe | Vazhakkai Fry Recipe is one of the popular poriyal using Vazhakkai. Like Potato, Raw banana is another yummy vegetable which tastes divine if we stir-fry them. Vazhakki Varuval is one of the traditional poriyal or curry variety in most of the South Indian kitchen. Raw banana cooks very fast and for stir-fry we don’t need to use much oil if we use non-stick pan. A hassle free and quick Vazhakkai stir-fry and would be a nice side dish for most of the of the rice varieties and even with all traditional kuzhambu varieties.

Vazhakkai Varuval (Raw Banana Fry) is one of the easy to make poriyal where we slice the raw banana (vazhakkai) in to very thin pieces and marinate them in the masala and shallow fry in the medium flame. This tastes awesome and can be made very quickly. Though Vazhakkai (Raw Banana) can be used to make variety of recipes especially the poriyals, Vazhakkai Roast/varuval is one of the most likely recipe in our family.

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Method with step by step pictures to make Vazhaikkai Varuval Recipe:

Wash and peel the raw bananas and chop it in thin slices as shown in the picture. Take the chopped raw banana in a bowl

Add salt, turmeric powder and sambar powder and toss it to coat the masala nicely in the raw banana pieces.

Heat oil in a pan and add mustard seeds. When the mustard seeds starts to sputter, add urid dal and fry till the dal turns golden brown colour. Add the coated raw banana pieces to the pan

Toss the raw banana once and keep the flame low and cook them. When the raw banana pieces are cooked, sprinkle gram flour to coat the cooked raw banana and again keep them in low flame till they are fried nicely and the gram flour gets nicely coated and fried in with them. Add very little oil if needed and fry them and then remove from flame