Vazhaipoo is an excellent source of fiber. In our family all of us love plantain flower/banana flower and we include it once every week. It has many health benefits. Apart from being rich in fiber, it is said to be effective in treating excessive bleeding during menstruation. I learn’t this poriyal from my friend as my mother usually prepares only vazhaipoo usili. I love this stir fry very much with rice. Cleaning banana flower can be quite time consuming but it is worth the effort.
How to make Banana flower stir fry
Prep time – under 20 mins
Cook time – under 15 mins
Serves – 2
Ingredients needed
Banana florets – 3 cups – cleaned and chopped
Refer my detailed post on how to clean banana flower
Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp
Onion – 2 medium size
Grated coconut – 1/4 cup
Salt as required
For the seasoning
Oil – 2 tsp
Mustard seeds – 1 tsp
Split urad dal -3/4 tsp
Red chillies – 3
Hing – 1/4 tsp
Curry leaves – a sprig
Preparation
Clean and chop banana flower and keep it in diluted buttermilk to prevent discoloration. Once you finish cleaning and chopping, rinse and drain the buttermilk, add 1/4 cup of water, salt needed, turmeric powder and pressure cook for 3 whistles or until soft. Cooked banana flower is now ready.
Chop onions finely.
Method
Heat oil in a kadai or pan, add mustard seeds, when it splutters, add urad dal, red chilli, hing, curry leaves and saute until dal turns golden brown.
Add finely chopped onions and saute until onions turn transparent.
Now squeeze out the water (if any) from the cooked banana flower and add it to the above.
Mix well and saute for 3-4 minutes.(the flower is already cooked, so we do not have to saute for a long time). Check for salt. Add if required.
Add grated coconut, mix well and switch off the flame.
Delicious and fiber rich vazhaipoo curry is ready to be served with rice.
More Vazhaipoo Recipes
Vazhaipoo Kootu
Vazhaipoo Paruppu Usili
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i make it the same way.. last time ven i tried here, it turned bitter, do u knw any reasons?
if you are using the flower from pachha bale variety..it turns bitter.A farmer told me that flowers of yalakki variety used isn't bitter
Very healthy and delicious looking curry. Excellent preparation.
Deepa
Very healthy and delicious vazhaipoo curry...
wonderful thoran
looks really delicious... yumm...
this is such a tasty and healthy poriyal ....
Healthy dish.
healthy, fiber rich curry..looks great
Laxmi - From my experience I am telling you. When you buy plantain flower, see if the florets are white in colour and not deep pink because every time I get banana flower with pink florets, it is a little bitter.
i too use as the same way but i add some milk solids (residue left after preparation of ghee), which tastes really great