Vazhakkai podimas/ Raw banana curry

Vazhakkai Podimas is a delightful South Indian dish made from raw bananas (green plantains). It’s a popular recipe in Tamil cuisine, known for its simple yet savory flavors. This dish is usually seasoned with mustard seeds, curry leaves, and grated coconut, offering a wonderful mix of textures and tastes.

A delicious way to enjoy raw banana by steam cooking or boiling till tender, grating and using very minimal ingredients to give a delicious curry . This is called vazhakkai podimas in Tamil . get all easy recipes from my blog and connect with me on social media . check my blog for more easy to cook recipes esp for beginners, students, travelers, vacationers check easy to cook recipes and mix ideas check out my blog and fb pages ., instagram and pinterest .

There are so many ways to cook raw plantains , but we prefer this podimas , which is nothing but grated raw plantains spiced mildly with minimal ingredients . The raw plantains may be pressure cooked or cooked in a pan , i prefer the open cooking as the plantains need to be removed from hot water as soon as they seem tender and firm .

Once cooled, they peel very easily and can be grated fine. We love it with rasam and rice .I also like to have it mixed with rice and eat it like a podimas rice . ( Raw plantain podimas rice )

Delicious healthy vazhaakkai podimas ( raw plantain ) makes a simple meal very delicious . Raw plantains may not be a very popular veggie to cook with for many but believe me this way of steaming and grating the raw plantain , adding minimalm spices gives it a unique taste that wiill rejuvenate your taste buds more so if you are recovering from some illness or feeling low with lack of appetite .

This dish is not only flavorful but also healthy, making it a perfect addition to your vegetarian meal options. Enjoy cooking and savoring this simple yet delicious Tamil delicacy!

Ingredients

2 -3 small green bananas

1/4 cup grated coconut

3 green chilies

1 tbsp coocnut oil

1/2 tsp udad dal

1/2 tsp mustard seeds

curry leaves

salt

asafoetida powder , a pinch

2 tbsp lime juice ( optional )

1 tsp grated ginger

Method

Wash and chop bananas to halves, steam cook as shown or boil in water

peel the skin when cooled, grate as shown .

Take a pan, add coconut oil , add split udad dal, allow to become golden ,splutter mustard seeds ,add curry leaves , add broken red chilies as preferred , add pinch of asafoetida powder , add in grated ginger .

now add the grated raw banana, try not to mash them , so use the spatula carefully, add the ground coconut green chilies mixture for extra spice , add s alt as required. mix well, add lime juice if you prefer the tastge . i have skipped it .

Enjoy delcious light raw banana podimas and have it with rasam and rice, tastes so heavenly .

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