Vazhaipoo Kuzhambu Recipe/ Banana Flower Kuzhambu | Vazhaipoo Recipes

One more banana flower recipe following the other banana flower recipes I have shortly before. People will not be able to feel the bitterness of the banana flower and will only feel the kara kuzhambu taste. This recipe is a tip from my friend and neighbor Ramya in my native place.

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Related Links:

1. Banana Flower Kofta

2. Banana Flower Bonda

3. How to clean Banana Flower?

4. Banana Flower Stir Fry 

Ingredients:

Banana Flower Florets	20
Tamarind	Gooseberry size
Tomato Puree	2 tbsp
Turmeric Powder	½ tsp
Red Chilli Powder (Recipe HERE)	1 tsp
Coriander Powder (Recipe HERE)	1 tbsp
Salt	As Required
Thick coconut Milk	½ cup
Oil	1 tbsp
To Temper:
Oil	2 tsp
Mustard Seeds	½ tsp
Curry Leaves	1 spring
Small Onion	10
Garlic Pods	5

Procedure:

1. Add tamarind in ½ cup of warm water for 15 mins. Then extract the juice from it. Keep it aside.

2. Extract the coconut milk from the ½ cup of the grated coconut. Keep it aside.

3. Heat 1 tbsp of oil in a pan, add cleaned banana flower florets. Fry them well till they turn into brown in color. Switch off the flame. Transfer the florets into plate and keep it aside.

4. Heat 2 tsp of oil in a same pan, add mustard seeds and wait for popping.

5. Add curry leaves and sauté for few seconds.

6. Add chopped onion and garlic. Sauté till they become translucent.

7. Add tomato puree and sauté till the raw smell goes off.

8. Add tamarind juice (from 1), fried florets (from 3), red chilli powder, turmeric powder, coriander powder and salt. Mix them well. Close the lid of the pan and cook till the raw smell of the tamarind goes off and the gravy becomes thick.

9. Now add the coconut milk (from 2) and mix them well. Cook for 2-3 mins.

      Yummy and tasty Banana Flower kuzhambu / Vazhaipoo Kuzhambu is ready!

Note:

1. Adjust the red chilli level according to your taste.

2. Add ½ big onions instead of small onion.

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Vazhaipoo Poriyal / Banana Flower Stir Fry | Vazhaipoo Recipes

This is a regular recipe which everyone makes. This is my style of vazhaipoo porial.

Related Links:

1. Banana Flower Koftha

2. Banana Flower Bonda

3. How to clean and cut banana flower?

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Recipe Cuisine : South Indian | Recipe Category: Stir Fry / Poriyal

Preparation Time: 10 mins  | Cooking Time: 20 mins | Yields: 2 cups

Ingredients:

Chopped Banana Flower	2 cups ( 1 cup = 240 ml)
Split Green Gram (moong dal / Pasiparuppu)	¼ cup
Turmeric Powder	½ tsp
Salt	As required
To Temper:
Oil	2 tsp
Mustard Seeds	½ tsp
Chana Dal / Kadalai Paruppu	1 tsp
Green Chilli	2
Curry Leaves	1 spring
Chopped Onion	½ cup
To Taste:
Grated Coconut	¼-1/2 cup

Procedure:

1. Pressure cook the chopped banana flower, turmeric power and split green gram with ¼ cup of water for 2 whistle in medium flame.  Allow it to cool down completely.

2. Heat the oil in a pan, add mustard seeds and wait for popping.

3. Add chana dal and fry for few seconds.

4. Add curry leaves and fry till they become crisp.

5. Add chopped green chillies and sauté for few seconds.

6. Add chopped onion and sauté till they become translucent.

7. Add cooked banana flower and dal mixture (from 1) and salt. Mix them well and cool till the water evaporates completely.

8. Finally add grated coconut; mix them gently and switch off the flame. Leave it for 2 mins in the pan itself.

    Healthy banana flower stir fry/ vazhai poo poriyal ready to serve with any type of rice recipes.

Note:

1. Addition of more onion reduces the bitterness of the banana flower.

2. Addition of coconut also reduces the bitterness.

3. Adjust the green chilli level according to your taste.

4. You can make stir fry without moong dal also.

5. If you clean the banana flower at once and store it, you can use it in batches whenever you want.

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Banana Flower ( Vazhaipoo) Bonda Recipe | Vazhaipoo Recipes

We prepare only poriyal, vadai and usili with vazhaipoo. I tried making bonda with vazhaipoo well. There was no bitterness in the bonda and even kids loved it. Serve with a little sauce for better taste.

Click HERE to view Vazhaipoo Kola Urundai Recipe.

Recipe Cuisine : South Indian | Recipe Category: Snacks

Preparation Time: 15 | Cooking Time: 15 mins |  Yields: 20 nos.

Ingredients:

Chopped banana flower	1 cup
Gram Flour / Kadalai Maavu / Besan Flour	1 cup
Rice Flour	¼ cup
Red Chilli Powder ( Recipe HERE)	1 tbsp
Asafoetida / Hing	¼ tsp
Salt	As required
Finely Chopped Curry Leaves	1 tbsp
Finely Chopped Coriander Leaves	1 tbsp
Finely Chopped Onion	½ cup
Oil	For frying

*Click HERE to check “how to clean the banana flower / vazhaipoo?”

Procedure:

1. In a wide bowl, add chopped banana flower, chopped onion, curry leaves and coriander leaves. Mix them well with your fingers or spoon.

2. Add gram flour, rice flour, red chilli powder, hing and salt. Mix them well with your fingers.

3. Add water little by little and knead it into a soft dough.  

4. Heat the enough oil in pan to fry the bonda. Add a pinch of the dough and put it in the oil. Suppose the small part comes up immediately, this is the correct heat for frying bonda.

5. Make gooseberry size balls from the dough and fry them in a medium flame till they become crispy and golden in color.

6. Take them out from the oil and keep it on the tissue paper to absorb the excess oil.

      Serve it immediately with the coconut chutney or sauce and Tea/Coffee.

Note:

1. Make the bonda immediately after adding onion; because the onion releases water, so that the bonda absorbs more oil.

2. Suppose the dough is too tight add little bit water.

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Vazhai Poo Kola Urundai / Banana Flower Kofta Recipe | Banana Flower Recipes

I have been trying many recipes with banana flower. Banana flower kola urundai is the most liked recipe in my family. So I am posting this first. Stay tuned for more banana flower recipes. Even adults will not able to find out that this snack is made from banana flower. When you serve it with sauce it will look like a modern snack sold in MNC outlets. Keep atleast aside for yourself because people will devour it as much as you can give.

Recipe Cuisine : South Indian | Recipe Category: Snacks

Preparation Time: 10 mins  | Cooking Time: 15 mins | Yields: 20 Balls

Ingredients:

Small Banana Flower (cleaned)	1
Roasted gram dal / Pottukadalai	½ cup
Cumin seeds	1 tsp
Pepper corns	10
Red Chilli	2-3
Garlic Pods	3-4
Grated Coconut	¼ cup
Small  Onion	10
Salt	As required
Oil	For deep fry

* Click HERE to view “how to clean the banana flower”.

Procedure:

1. Grind the roasted gram (pottukadalai) into fine power (without water ) using the dry mixie jar. Keep it aside.

2. Grind the banana flower, cumin seeds, red chilli, pepper corns and garlic pods into coarse paste without water.

3. Add onion, coconut and salt with the above mixture.

4. Again grind them into fine paste without water.

5. Transfer this ground mixture into a wide bowl. This is little bit watery and sticky. Hence add powdered dal (from 1) little by little and knead it into a soft and non sticky dough.

7. Make small gooseberry size balls from the dough and keep it aside.

8. Heat the oil a pan, add a pinch from the dough. When a small pinch comes up immediately, then this the right temperature to fry the balls.

9. Fry the balls in a medium flame till the sizzling sounds stops completely.

10. Take them out from the oil and keep it on the tissue to absorb the excess oil.

   Yummy and delicious vaazhai poo kola urundai is ready to serve. Serve them with tomato ketchup.

Note:

1. If flower is very big, use ½ of the flower only.

2. If you use big onion, add ½ of the chopped big onion.

3. Don’t overload the oil with balls.

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