Banana flowers are cooked with van payar(red oriental Beans)
Prep Time | 30 minutes |
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Ingredients
- Banana flower(Vazhappoo/Kodappan) - 1 no
- Red oriental beans(Van payar) - ½ cup
- Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
- Coconut - ½ of
- Turmeric powder(A little) -
- Chilly powder or a few Green chillies - 1 tsp
- Salt(As required) -
- Oil - 1 tbsp
- Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
- broken Dry red chillies - 2 –
- Curry leaves(few) -
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Instructions
- Clean the van payar well and get rid of the unwanted stuff from it.
- Cook it separately with water in a pressure cooker and make sure u don't overcook it.
- Remove the first 3 - 4 outer covering of the vazhappoo and chop the rest very finely as u do for thoran.
- Add coconut oil and turmeric powder into the above chopped kodappan and mix well the whole thing using your hands to remove the kodappan¦s serum.
- Place together the grated coconut, green chillies, cumin seeds and curry leaves in a mixer bowl and run it once to make it into a coarse form.
- Mix it along with the chopped kodappan mixture.
- Heat oil in a pan and splutter mustard seeds and sautT dry red chillies and curry leaves.
- Add the kodappan mixture and mix well.
- Cover and cook on a low flame.
- After sometime, remove the cover and add the cooked van payar into this and mix well.
- Continue cooking without the lid on, till done, making sure that it doesn¦t get mashed.
- And your thoran is ready within no timea. Not equally appreciated by all, this recipe infact brings mixed emotions on the dining tablea. A frown on the face to show the disappointment for those foodies who like aromatic dishes for lunch/dinner and a big smile for those on a diet and like to have good, healthy fooda. 🙂 An honest confession at this point....I used to be in the first category during my childhood days and now considering the nutritional and medicinal values it offers, a slow transition has occurred to the latter one. No regrets though!!!! As said, eat healthya.be healthy!!!
- So, on that note, happy cooking!!!
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