Banana Stem Thoran Recipe - Valathandu Thoran with step wise pictures.
Healthy banana stem or valathandu thoran goes well with rice and spicy kulambu. it is proven to cure kidney stone and helps in weightloss.
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Hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turns out for you.
📖 Recipe
Banana Stem Thoran Recipe
Ingredients
- Banana Stem / Valathandu - 3 cups chopped finely
- Coconut Oil - 3 tblsp
- Mustard Seeds / Kaduku - 1 tsp
- Urad dal / Ulundu Paruppu - 1 tsp
- Curry leaves - 1 sprig
- Salt to taste
FOR GRINDING:
- Coconut - 1 cup
- Dry Red Chillies - 4
- Garlic - 4
- Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam - 1 tsp
Instructions
- Grind coconut mix till coarse.
- Heat oil in a kadai. Add in mustard seeds, urad dal, curry leaves and let them sizzzle.
- Add in banana stem and salt. Stir fry for 10 mins till it is cooked.
- Add in coconut mixture and stir for few more mins.
- Serve.
Pictorial:
1)Take curd and water in a large bowl.
2)Slice banana stem
3)Remove the fiber
4)Use your fingers
5)Discard this
6)Stack banana stem
7)Cut it into strips
8)Chop finely
9)Soak it in curd mix. This will prevent the banana stem getting black
10)Take coconut in a blender
11)Add dry red chillies and cumin seed
12)Add garlic
13)Grind to a smooth puree
14)Heat coconut oil in a kadai.
15) Add mustard seeds and urad dal
16)Add in curry leaves
17)Add chopped onions
18)Saute for a min
19)Add banana stem
20)Add salt.
21)Mix well
22)Cook on medium heat for atleast 10 mins
23)Now it is cooked
24)taste and adjust salt.
25)Add in coconut mix
26)Stir well
27)Serve
Bhav
Hi Aarthi,
Can you post a video for Ulunthu Soru, Inji and milagai pachadi in YouTube. Thanks in advance
Bhav
Hi Aarthi,
Can you do Ulunthu Soru, inji and milagai pachadi in YouTube video.