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Vazhakai Podi | Spicy Raw Banana stir fry

Vazhakkai Podi / Spicy Raw Banana curry is a quick and delicious curry that you
can put together in under 15 minutes. Make and store the masala powder
beforehand for everyday use and you will have plenty of time in the kitchen.
This curry goes well with yoghurt rice / Rasam / Sambhar (now I am
repeatedly talking about curd rice in all my previous posts coz its summer now,
and nothing satiates tummy like chilled yoghurt rice!

This masala powder
can be used with other veggies too – Potato / Arbi (Colocasia) or any other
tubers. Sending this to day 7 of Blogging Marathon that I am running under the
theme “Vazhakkai Podi”. 

Here’s a quick recap of this week under
“Accompaniments”:

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Preparation time: 15 minutes

Cooking time : 10 mins

Serves : 2

Difficulty level : Easy

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Ingredients:

  • Raw banana – 2 nos
  • Oil – 2 tbsp
  • Tumeric – ½ tsp
  • Tempering : Mustard (1 tsp), Curry Leaves
  • Salt – to taste
  • Amchur / Dry Mango Powder – 1 tsp

Masala / Spice Powder :

  • Urad Dal – 1 tsp
  • Black Pepper – ½ tsp
  • Channa Dal – 1 tsp
  • Dhaniya seeds– 1 tsp
  • Hing – a pinch
  • Red chillies – 2 nos

Method:

1) Peel and cube the raw banana into ½ inch
cubes.

2) Boil banana in water and salt for 8 – 10 minutes
till 90% done.Drain.

3) Meanwhile, roast all the masala powder in 1
tbsp oil till the dals slightly colour.

4) Cool and powder the masala.

5) In a skillet, add 1 tbsp of oil. Splutter
curry leaves and mustard seeds. Add turmeric.

6) Add the boiled veggies and toss. Now add
the masala powder and the amchur. Stir well till the masala
powder coats all the veggies evenly. Add 1 or 2 tsp oil more if necessary.

7) Adjust salt and serve with rice and sambhar
or just curd rice.

Tips:

You may also boil whole and peeled raw banana and
grate the veggie thickly. In that case, do not stir too much as it
becomes 

You may substitute ½ tsp of tamarind paste in place
of amchur. I personally don’t prefer adding tamarind extract or paste as this
is a dry curry.

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11 Comments

  1. Good dish using raw banana..Will try soon..

  2. Priya Suresh

    Omg, would love to finish that whole bowl,my fav curry..

    Btw regarding ur question about Savoury cake, just skip the eggs and use flax seed meal or silken tofu to replace the eggs with more butter milk, hope i cleared ur doubt..

  3. Hi kalyani, how are you busy with marathon 🙂 The curry looks super – pity we don't get vazhakai where we live for the asking! Hence it becomes a rare treat! lovely post 🙂

  4. sounds interesting!

  5. love the addition of masala powder. Looks very delcicious

  6. Cool Lassi(e)

    Nice side for yogurt rice. Looks yum!

  7. Love your masala podi and of course the fry as well.

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  9. Hi Kalyani,

    This is regarding your question on Coconut Rava Laddu. Today I made aval laddu with dessicated coconut and it came out fine. So it should definetly work with Cocounut rava laddu too. It may require more milk.

    South Indian Home

  10. Suma Gandlur

    We make it too but powder it as the name suggests. BTW, did you get your post back?

  11. This dish is very tempting and mouthwatering! I will share this to my wife, because she's exactly looking for a recipe where she can use a banana. Anyway, please keep on sharing!

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