Vishu Recipe - Vazhakkai Poduthuval (Dry Raw Banana Curry)

Ingredients

To pressure cook

8 raw bananas

½ tsp. turmeric powder

Salt to taste

For Garnishing

½ coconuts (grated)

6 green chilies

For Seasoning

1 tsp. mustard seeds

2 tsp. black gram dal

2 red chilies (broken)

4 tbsp. oil

Making

Peel and cut raw bananas into small pieces. Pressure cook along with turmeric powder and salt and set aside. Heat oil. Add mustard seeds, black grams dal and red chillies.when brown add the cooked vegetables. Cook the vegetables on a low fire till dry. Run the grated coconut and green chilies in a mixie for a minute and add to the vegetables. Serve hot

Ø You can substitute vazhakkai (raw bananas) with ¾ kg chenai(suran)