How to clean Vazhaipoo flower is presented in this post with details & tips. Banana Flower has to be cleaned before cooking and it requires time & effort.
I know most of us are aware of cleaning vazhaipoo, I wanted to post it as a reader requested for it. This is my favourite veggie, either poriyal or vadai I just luv it. We make it atleast 2 weeks once though cleaning part is a little time consuming.
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How to clean Banana Flower | Vazhaipoo
Ingredients
- 1 Banana Flower / Vazhaipoo
Instructions
- First rub your hands with sesame oil or wear your gloves as touching this veggie turns your hand black.
- Then open the petal one by one and take florets (yellow color) and keep separately.
- Take a floret and remove the stem like part and plastic like petal and collect the other parts.
- Chop the veggie finely and add it in diluted buttermilk to prevent from color changing.
- Towards the center, there will be a white cone shaped tender part which you can eat it as such tastes good and good for health too. Vazhaipoo ready for cooking!
Notes
- We can even clean it overnight and store it in a zip lock bag for use the next day.
- I have heard from my neighbors that they chop and soak in buttermilk overnight for next day use though I haven't personally tried it this way.
How to clean Banana Flower
First rub your hands with sesame oil or wear your gloves as touching this veggie turns ur hand black. Then open the petal one by one and take florets(yellow color shown below) and keep seperately.
Take a floret and remove the parts shown below – remove the stem like part and plastic like petal and collect the other parts.
Chop the veggie finely and add it in diluted buttermilk to prevent from color changing.Towards the center,there will be a white cone shaped tender part which you can eat it as such tastes good and good for health too.
Tips
- We can even clean it overnight and store it in a ziplock bag for use the next day.
- I have heard from my neighbors that they chop and soak in buttermilk overnight for next day use though I havent personally tried it this way.
Gayathri Kumar
Very useful post. Great for beginners…
Hyma
great post! i too have a similar post in my blog. these veggies could almost avoided be avoided by future generation due to the time involved in making them edible! However, the benefits are many and such posts would help them keep at it!
Lavi
this is detailed and usefull post!
Priya
Useful post for many of us,truly helpful..
Suja
Useful post dear..thanks for sharing.
Nithya
Absolutely useful post 🙂
Archana
very useful. Thanks
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Aarthi
Wow..that looks really delicious…Thanks for the recipe dear..
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Sobha Shyam
very useful post dear with great clicks..
Uma
Really useful for few beginners over there.
Cheers,
Uma
Vardhini
I remember cleaning vazhaipoo with my Grandma particularly to eat the innermost part :). It has been ages since I had it.
Vardhini
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Reva
Avery useful post Sharmi.. bookmarked it..:)
Reva
Prathima Rao
Very useful post Sharmi..HAd bought them twice but since mom & I were clueless on how to use it.we simply discarded it..Will definitely buy & make them next time!!
Prathima Rao
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Preetha Karthik
Useful post Sharmi. Linking this post in my latest post 'Vazhai poo tomato curry'.
Sridevi
Thanks, very useful for beginners.