Vazhaipoo Poriyal / Banana Flower Stir fry (with moong dhal)

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Hope you all had a great diwali and now back to routine. I am trying to get back to routine especially for the menu. Having had lot of sweets and savoury snacks for almost a month now its going to be comfort food for a while. As I've already said Vazhaipoo is in our menu atleast twice a month. The toughest job is to clean it , but with the health benefits and ofcourse the taste I would never skip to buy this. I love it in any form either vazhaipoo vadai or poriyal.

Vazhaipoo Poriyal Recipe

Ingredients:

• Vazhaipoo/banana flower - 1
• Moong Dhal (Passi paruppu) - 1/8 cup(appx 5 tbsp)
• Turmeric powder - a generous pinch
• Coconut grated - 4 tbsp
• Garlic - 4 to 5 pearls chopped finely
• Big Onion - 1 small sized chopped
• Salt - as needed
• Oil - 1 tsp

To temper:

• Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
• Urad dal - 1/2 tsp
• Curry leaves - few
• Green Chillies - 1 slitted

Method:

1. Clean vazhaipoo as mentioned in the link above, Keep aside. Then dry roast moong dhal for few mins until the aroma comes.
2. Add cleaned vazhaipoo with moong dhal , salt and turmeric powder to pressure cooker and pressure cook for just 1 whistle(not more than that) - Dont make moong dhal mushy. Set aside.
3. In a pan, heat oil - add mustard seeds, urad dhal let it splutter. Then add curry leaves, green chillies , saute for a minute. Then add onion and garlic, saute until onions turn slightly browned.
4. Add the cooked moongdhal and vazhaipoo, add required salt. Saute for few mins until the moisture evaporates and becomes dry. It may take 5mins then add grated coconut and stir well for 2-3mins. Switch off.

My Notes:

• You can even cook vazhaipoo and moong dhal in a pan with water. But I prefer pressure cooking. Moong dhal should not be mushy, it should be firm yet soft to bite.
• Dont skip roasting moongdhal, it gives a nice aroma.
• Amma always adds coconut only after switching off any poriyal as raw coconut is not much of cholesterol she says so using it as raw as much as possible is good.