Vazhakkai Podimas Recipe | Valakkai Podimas
Vazhakkai Podimas is a simple No Onion No Garlic, South Indian style stir fry made with raw banana, lentils, curry leaves and fresh coconut. An easy Tamil Brahmin style raw banana sabzi served with rasam or pavakkai pitlai and rice.
Servings 3 people
Equipment
- Pressure Cooker
- Box Grater
Ingredients
- 3 Raw Banana
- 3/4 cup Grated Coconut
- 1 teaspoon Urad Dal
- ½ teaspoon Mustard Seeds
- 1-2 Whole dry red chilies broken into half
- 2-3 Green Chilies finely chopped
- 1½ tablespoon Coconut Oil
- few sprigs of curry leaves
- salt to taste
Instructions
- Cut the top and ends of the plantain or Raw Banana and peel the skin. Pressure cook for 4-5 whistles.
- Allow the pressure to release naturally, open the cooker and remove the cooked banana. Place aside to cool completely before grating.
- Heat a kadhai or pan. Add coconut oil, mustard seeds, urad dal, finely chopped green chilies, whole dry red chilies and curry leaves.
- Once mustard crackles and urad dal is roasted and fragrant, add the grated vazhakkai or raw banana with salt to taste.
- Mix well, cover and cook for few seconds on low heat.
- Open the lid, add fresh grated coconut, mix well and switch off the heat. Serve.
Notes
Ingredients -
- I have pressure cooked the raw banana in a 10 litre pressure cooker. You can cook 3 items together (rice, lentils and sabzi) in separate containers placed one above the other, in a single batch. Saves time.
- Instead of using coconut oil, use sesame oil or any neutral flavor cooking oil for the recipe.
- This recipe is traditionally made without turmeric powder or red chili powder. Feel free to add spices according to your preference.
- Vazhakkai Podimas is Gluten Free and Vegan.