வாழைக்காய் பொடிமாஸ் / Valakai Puttu (Podimas) / Raw Plantain with Onions, Spices & Coconut

I love to make dishes like this, i have one version of this using potatoes. These dry curry are so flavourful and mild, which is a perfect sidedish with any spicy curries. I made my favorite karakulambu to serve with this.

I used my rice cooker, to steam the banana for this. Many people raise me questions to show recipes which uses rice cooker and what all stuff we can do in a rice cooker. 

This is what i do, i have a steamer basket which came along with my rice cooker. I use that to steam veggies when i am cooking rice in that. So two job get done in one time. 

Enough with that tip, try this and let me know what you think..

Preparation Time : 10 mins (includes cooking banana)

Cooking Time : 10 mins

Serves - 2 to 3

Ingredients:

Raw Banana - 2 large ones

Onion - 1 chopped finely

Green Chilli - 3 chopped finely ( Or to taste)

Ginger - 1 tblspn minced

Curry leaves - 5 chopped finely

Coconut - 1/2 cup grated

Salt to taste

For Seasonings:

Coconut Oil - 2 tblspn

Mustard Seeds / Kaduku - 1 tsp

Urad dal / Ulundu paruppu - 1 tsp

Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam - 1 tsp

Dry Red Chilli - 2

Method:

Take Raw Banana, cut them top and bottom off, Put them in a steamer, i used my rice cooker and steam them for 10 mins till they are soft.Let them cool a bit.Peel them and mash them.

Now heat oil in a sauce pan, add in mustard, urad dal, cumin, red chilli and let them sizzle for a min.

Add in onions and saute for a min.

Add in green chilli, curry leaves, ginger and saute for a min.

Add in salt and toss well.

Add in the mashed banana and give a good mix.Saute for 5 mins, so it gets coated with all the spices.

Add in coconut and give one final mix. Switch off them flame.

Serve with rice and curry.

Pictorial:

First take some raw banana

Cut the top and bottom off and steam it.

I used my rice cooker to steam this

Cook till it is completely soft

peel the skin off

and mash them, you could grate them

Heat oil in a sauce pan

add the whole spices in

and let them brown for a while

Add in the onions and cook them for a while

add in green chillies and ginger

add in some salt

and saute them

add in mashed bananas

and mix them in the spices

add a good amount of coconut to this

and toss well

Serve