Vazhakkai Podimas

Ingredients
Items	Qnty	Comments
Plantain or Raw Banana	1	(tamil:vazhakkai)
Onion	1 whole onion small size	(tamil:vengayam)
Green chillies	5	(tamil:pachamilagai)
Mustard seeds	½ teaspoon	(tamil:kaduku)
Green Curry Leaves	10 leaves	(tamil:karuvepilai)
Urad Dhal	1/2 teaspoon	(tamil:ulluntham paruppu)
coconut	1/2 tablespoon	(tamil:theyngai pu)
Salt	1/2 teaspoon	or as required
Oil	3 teaspoons	For frying

Method

1. Take the plantain and scrape of the green skin with a peeler. 

2. Cut it into small rectangular shape pieces.

3. Once u start cutting make sure u put the cut pieces in water ,so that they don’t change color.

4. Cut the onion into small thin pieces.

5. Slit the chillies.

6. Boil the cut pieces in a saucepan and close the lid for 3 minutes.

7. Now add a little bit of salt to the boiling mixture.

8. Once the pieces are soft,pour it into a strainer and strain well.

9. Heat 3 teaspoons of oil in a frying pan.

10. Add the mustard seeds,urad dhal and green curry leaves in that order and allow them to splutter.

11. Add the chillies ,onions and sauté them well.

12. Now add the plantain pieces and salt and mix gently.

13. After 2 minutes add 1/2 tablespoon of coconut and mix it up.

Tips

· Make sure while boiling the pieces they don’t get too soft otherwise they get mashed up while frying.

· For this dish the plantain should be real green from outside.

· When you cut you can apply oil in your hands so that your hands don’t get sticky and change colour.

· Coconut can be avoided if needed.

· This item goes well with Pulikulambu and sambhar.