Vazhakkai Podimas

Vazhakkai Podimas (grated raw banana dry curry) is a very tasty dry side dish made with boiled and grated fully grown raw bananas, goes well with steamed rice and rasam.Vazhakkai Podimas recipe is explained with step by step method and photos.

The following ingredients are needed to prepare Vazhakkai Podimas.

Ingredients:-

Raw Banana.       - 3 (fully grown)
Onion.                 - large
Green chillies.     -2
Dry Red chillies. -3
Hing powder.       -1/2 tsp
Turmeric powder.-1/2tsp
Ginger.                 - a small piece
Curry leaves.        -1 spring
Urad dal.               -2 tsp
Chana dal.             -1tsp
Grated Coconut.    -1/2cup or Desiccated Coconut
Lemon.                  - 1
Salt.                       - to taste
Coconut oil.           -1tbsp

Instructions:-

1). Peel the outer skin of fully grown raw bananas and boil in sufficient water for 3 minutes and keep aside to cool. Once cooled grate the boiled bananas using grater with big holes and keep aside.

2). Peel, wash and finely chop onion and keep aside.

4). Peel, wash and chop a small piece of ginger and keep aside.

5). Wash and chop green chillies into small pieces and keep aside.

6). Broke dry red chillies into small pieces and keep aside.

Method:-

1). Heat 1tbsp coconut oil in a wide bottom kadai and add urad dal and chana dal and saute well.When dals starts to change its colour splutter mustard seeds and saute well.

2). Add dry red chillies, green chillies, ginger and curry leaves into the kadai and fry in oil on low flame.

3). Add finely chopped onion and saute well till the onion becomes translucent.

4). Add required salt, turmeric powder and hing powder into the kadai and mix well.

5). Add grated coconut or desiccated coconut and mix well.

6). Add grated banana pieces into the kadai.

7). Sprinkle 2tbsp of water and mix the grated banana pieces with all the ingredients in the kadai on low flame.

8). Chop one lemon and squeeze lemon juice to the Vazakkai podimas in the kadai and mix well.Saute well and cook for 2 minutes on low flame and switch off the flame.

9). Transfer the Vazhakkai Podimas to a serving bowl.A very tasty Vazhakkai Podimas is ready to serve as a side dish with steamed rice and rasam.