How to Cook Tasty Vazhaithandu(Stem Banana) Gravy

How to Cook Tasty Vazhaithandu(Stem Banana) Gravy Delicious, fresh and tasty.

Vazhaithandu(Stem Banana) Gravy. Vazhaithandu poriyal or banana stem stir fry in south Indian style healthy accompaniment for rice, mild in spice, add only red chilli and no masala powders. While choosing banana stem, make sure to see if there is too much of outer rings (thick and too many layers) Choose the one with less of these. This video shows how to make a Banana stem stir fry recipe with coconut,lentils and mild spices.

The Vazhaithandu Pachadi (Banana Stem Raita) is a healthy recipe if the Banana Stem that is added raw to the yogurt and seasoned with mustard seeds.

Now add the cut banana stem and keep the bowl aside.

Banana tree is the only plant which is useful to us from leaves to stem.

You can cook Vazhaithandu(Stem Banana) Gravy using 10 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Vazhaithandu(Stem Banana) Gravy

1. Prepare 1 of stem banana.

2. You need 1 tsp of tamarind paste.

3. Prepare 1 tsp of dhaniya powder,.

4. Prepare 1 tsp of red chilli powder.

5. It’s 2 tsp of mustard.

6. You need 2 tsp of urad dal.

7. You need 1 cup of grated coconnut.

8. It’s 1 tsp of perungayam.

9. Prepare 1 tsp of salt, cooking oil.

10. You need 1 bunch of curry leaves.

Vazhaithandu Kootu is one of the fiber rich kootu.

For this kootu, i have used Toor Dal along with the coconut paste.

Banana Stem cooked in Toor dal and tempered with coconut and tadka.

After gobbling upon crispy fried onion samosas and delicious mocha cookies during the week, it is now time to wrap up the week on a slightly healthy note.

Vazhaithandu(Stem Banana) Gravy step by step

1. Peel the vegetable and cut into pieces. cook for 5 minutes..

2. Then add the tamarind paste, dania powder, red chilli powder, salt and aboil for 5 minutes..

3. Then add the grated coconut..

4. In another pan add little oil fry the mustard, perumgayam, urad dal curry leaves add to the gravy..

5. Tasty gravy is ready..

Banana stems vary in size, averaging at least five centimeters in diameter when sold in markets, and are cylindrical to elongated in shape.

Banana stems are botanically a part of the Musa genus and are actually a flower stalk of a large, herbaceous plant belonging to the Musaceae family.

Banana Stem is known as Vazhaithandu in Tamil and is a super nutritious root to have.

The Vazhaithandu is rich is fiber and nutrients and when combined with yogurt is great for stomach ailments.

I most often eat this as a yogurt salad for lunch.