Wednesday 28 November 2012

Vazhapindi / Unnikambu Thoran(Stirr fried Plantain stem) with Green Gram

I recently found that not many know this simple and healthy recipe. So here is for you...
 Ingredients (Serves 4 to 5 people)

Vazhapindi (Plantain stem) chopped: 2 Cups
Green Grams: 1 Cup
Grated Coconut: 1/2 Cup
Green chilli: 3 - 4
Shallots: 4 - 5
Garlic: 2 - 3 Cloves
Turmeric powder: 1/4 Tea Spoon
Mustard Seeds: 1/2 Tea Spoon
Coconut Oil: 2 Table Spoon
Dried Red Chilly: 3 - 4
Salt
Water
Curry Leaves

Cooking time: 20 to 25 minutes
Method

Finely chop the vazhapindi(Plantain stem)
Pour oil to a pan and add mustard seeds
Once it finishes popping add dried red chillies and saute till it becomes brown in color
Add chopped vazhapindi(Plantain stem), turmeric powder and required salt
Stirr well and close the lid and cook in low flame .
No need to add water, only sprinkle little water if required
Cook the green grams.  Do not make it mushy
Crush grated coconut adding green chilly, shallots and garlic
Add curry leaves, crushed coconut mix and cooked green grams to the vazhapindi(Plantain stem) and stir well
Keep in low flame and close the lid and cook till everything mixes well and the coconut gets cooked
Serve hot with rice


Note:

The same recipe you can cook without  green grams.
Instead of green grams you can also use cow peas (Vanpayar) or horse gram (Muthira).

Plantain stem
The vazhapindi(Plantain stem) will be having many layers of outer covering.  All of it has to be removed and only the innermost white part is used for cooking. (As shown in picture)
When you chop the vazhapindi you can see thread like thing.  Either remove it while you are chopping or once you chop put in water and use a stick and just rotate it.  The thread like thing will come onto the stick
The thread like thing is the fibre, no need to remove it completely.  Only the thick ones to be removed.
Once you chop the vazhapindi(Plantain stem) put it in water, else it will turn black in color.

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