Amma makes valakai poriyal often, but it is made like the usual one with chilli powder and salt. This one is different because we add coconut and tamarind. Actually the bananas are cooked in tamarind juice so you will get all the flavour right into the banana which makes it even more tasty..
This recipe is from one my Brahmin friend at work. I have made quite a few recipe from her mom ( You can check it here)..I don’t know why but I have a latest craze for iyengar recipes..I think that their recipes are great and worth while to try and blog..As you can see from the title that brahmins call their poriyal dish as karamadu which sounds great right..
So here you go to the recipe and let me know what you feel..
Ingrediants:
Valakai / Raw Banana / Raw Plantain– 3 large Peeled & Chopped
Tamarind Paste – 1 tblspn ( I dissolved it in some water)
Coconut – 3 tblspn grated
Dry Red Chilli – 2
Mustard Seeds / Kaduku – 1 tsp
Urad Dal / Ulundu – 1 tsp
Curry leaves – 1 spring
Oil - 1 tblspn
Salt to taste
Method:
Take banana in a kadai. Pour the tamarind water and add some salt in that. Mix well and let it come to a boil. Simmer and cook untill the banana is cooked. Now drain it and set aside.
Heat 1 tblspn oil in a kadai. Add mustard and urad dal in that and allow them to pop.
Add dry red chilli, curry leaves and fry for few mins..
Add cooked banana and mix well. Cook this for 5-7 mins untill the banana is well sauted and just started to turn darker.
Add coconut and mix well. Switch off the flame and serve..
Pictorial:
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| Take all your ingrediants |
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| Peel raw banana |
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| Cut them |
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| Put it in a kadai |
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| pour tamarind water over that |
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| add some salt |
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| mix well..Let it come to a boil |
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| cover and simmer |
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| Untill cooked |
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| Remove and set aside |
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| Heat oil |
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| add mustard and urad dal |
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| add dry red chilli |
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| and curry leaves |
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| add cooked banana |
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| and mix well |
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| fry till they are little browned |
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| add coconut |
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| and mix well |
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| Serve |
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| Taste well with rice |
Torviewtoronto
delicious looking curry you can also use the peel for pachadi
Yummy looking meal 🙂
Suma Gandlur
Looks yummy.
We prepare the same way but add tamarind at the end. Also goes in a little jaggery to balance the sourness.
Anisha
This is a great... I can have this with rice and rasam anytime!
Kalpana Sareesh
hv not tried with adding tamarind.. will give i a shot..
faseela
awesome recipe superb dear
@lekshmi
a new dish for me to try.........
Malli
Vazhakka Poriyal or Vazhakka Thoran(Kerala) looks awesome and mouthwatering!!
maha
nice and tatsy banana varity aarthi!!pics are just tempting...
Hamaree Rasoi
Delicious and yummy looking poriyal. Lovely preparation.
Deepa
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Archana
Looks yummy. Wish I could dig in right now.
Christy Gerald
Poriyal Luks Yummy.Perfect taste match for KarakUzhambu.
Sharmilee! :)
Flavourful and yummy curry
Claudia
This would happily warm up all of on a cold winter's eve. Such flavor!
Rosita Vargas
Que mezcla más exquisita quiero probar luce absolutamente nice nice,hugs,hugs.
BlueLady
It's a very good dish. You always say the same thing but I like everything you cook. I have to think about cooking one of your recipes. Here in Barcelona there is a market that contain ingredients from all over the world. I'll ask.
A hug.
DEESHA
nice recipe .. I love recipes using Raw Banana
Pari
Well made and explained. Will try it, surely a simple one.
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Nalini's Kitchen
Simple and delicious poriyal,looks yummy...
Smitha
looks delicious!...yummy!
Jenn Erickson
What an incredible dish! The combination of flavors is absolutely divine!
Suja
Tangy and yummy recipe with plantain..nice one
khushi
a lovely side dish with some hot rice
Kristen
What a fascinating recipe. I love that you show a photo of all of the ingredients as some are not familiar to me and would be hard for me to find.
Hamaree Rasoi
Poriyal looks simply delicious and mouthwatering. Excellent preparation.
Deepa
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Ann
That's a really interesting and tasty looking dish. I like the sweet/heat aspect of it! Is the banana a plantain? I've never seen a banana that you use a vegetable peeler on it before!
Aarthi
Ann, Yes I used Raw Plantain for this..It is really easier to peel the skin off from a plantain using a peeler
LoLy
mouth watering 😀
divya
awesome recipe superb dear
Ravichandran Palraj
Wow yummy!!! Looks delicious. ..my favourite. ..
rukshana
I like this recipe
Anonymous
Looks yummy will try it today. But i would like to suggest if your kadai is non stick i see a lot of scratch and its not healthy use it. Teflon when not properly use can be carcinogenic. Please consider to replace or use a stainless steel kadai. Also non stick are ment for delicate food like fish etc so consider replacing it by steel. I guess its just more healthier and safe for the whole family.