Vazhaipoo Poriyal is a bland & healthy side dish made by sautéing vazhaipoo with spices, onions and curry leaves. Vazhaipoo Poriyal is good alternate to regular veggie poriyal and a must try at home. How to make Banana Flower Stir Fry is presented in this post with step by step pictures.
Vazhaipoo Poriyal is in our menu often as I love this recipe with moong dal. 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.
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Vazhaipoo Poriyal | Banana Flower Stir Fry
Ingredients
- 1 vazhaipoo / banana flower
- 3 tablespoon moong dal paasi paruppu
- a generous pinch turmeric powder
- 1.5 teaspoon jeera
- 3 tablespoon coconut grated
- 4 to 5 pearls garlic chopped finely
- 1 small sized big onion chopped
- salt as needed
- 1 teaspoon oil
To Temper:
- 1/2 teaspoon mustard seeds
- 1/2 teaspoon urad dal
- few curry leaves
- 1 green chillies slitted
Instructions
- Clean vazhaipoo as mentioned in the link above and soak in buttermilk until use, Keep aside.
- Then dry roast jeera for few mins until aroma comes then grind it to a semi fine powder.
- In a pan, heat oil – add mustard seeds, urad dhal let it splutter.
- Then add curry leaves, green chillies, onion and garlic, moong dhal and saute until onions turn slightly browned.
- Drain buttermilk / water then add vazhaipoo, turmeric powder and saute for a minute.
- Then add water till immersing level and allow it to boil and cook till the veggie turns soft.
- Saute for few mins until the moisture evaporates and the curry becomes dry and roasted.
- It may take 5 -7 mins then add grated coconut, roasted jeera powder and stir well for 2-3mins.
- Switch off. Serve Vazhaipoo poriyal hot with rice and sambar or any variety rice of your choice.
Notes
- You can even cook vazhaipoo and moong dal in a pan with water. But I prefer pressure cooking.
- Moong dal should not be mushy, it should be firm yet soft to bite.
- Don't skip roasting moong dal, it gives a nice aroma.
How to make Vazhaipoo Poriyal
- Clean vazhaipoo as mentioned in the link above and soak in buttermilk until use, Keep aside. Then dry roast jeera for few mins until aroma comes then grind it to a semi fine powder.
- In a pan, heat oil – add mustard seeds, urad dhal let it splutter. Then add curry leaves, green chillies, onion and garlic, moong dhal and saute until onions turn slightly browned.
- Drain buttermilk / water then add vazhaipoo, turmeric powder and saute for a minute. Then add water till immersing level and allow it to boil and cook till the veggie turns soft. Saute for few mins until the moisture evaporates and the curry becomes dry and roasted. It may take 5 -7 mins then add grated coconut, roasted jeera powder and stir well for 2-3mins. Switch off.
Serve hot with rice and sambar or any variety rice of your choice.
Expert Tips
- 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.
RAKS KITCHEN
Very nice recipe, even mom uses moong dal, I am lazy to add hehe… lovely clicks 🙂
Raji
The poriyal looks great. I always avoid buying vazhaipoo for the fear of cleaning it…but love to eat this.
Kalpana Sareesh
wow too good yummoo
Mitha
wow healthy recipe !!
somehow I never like vazhaipoo poriyal. but my fav is vazhaipoo cutlet. it just tastes so yum
by the way ur amma's tip is so nice !!!
i never knew raw coconut is not much of cholestrol. thanks for the tip
my hubs is always very health conscious !!
Zareena
mmm… I love this. But we wont add moong dal.
Tina
yumy nd delicious….
Priya's Feast
Nice click on vazhaipoo poriyal..My fav.
Happy Cook / Finla
I used to love this and we did have it often as mom had few banana plants in her garden.
I have not had this for years though, don't know why I never asked her to make this while i was there, but then there was so much things i wanted to eat while i was there, never knew from were to start. This looks so so good.
Kadhyaa
hey Sharmi I just had Banana Flower curry last night…this is one of my all tim efavourite . your version looks great
Suja
Healthy poriyal..love it with rice and rasam
DivyaRaj
looks so delicious and tempting…lovely clicks dear …
Vanamala Hebbar
Nice new one for me…
vineetha
Delcious poriyal..Love it.
Angie's Recipes
A really interesting dish..I don't think I have ever seen or had banana leaves.
Sarah Naveen
nice clicks..i love this stir fry…perfect rice 🙂
sangee vijay
poriyal looks so inviting..i use to add cooked tuvar dal to this poriyal..try that also 🙂
crystal clear pictures…love it !!
Just to let u know that my blog title was changed to "Spicy Treats" (before it was Typical Indian Cooking)
Rachana
Thats really an interesting dish. Looks yum!
Laavanya
That is such a lovely picture of vazhaipoo poriyal…
Uma
Simply superb recipe.
Swathi
Vazhaipoo poriyal looks delicious.
jeyashrisuresh
we never make poriyal with vazhipoo. either usili or kootu. This sounds simple and healthy. will give a try
Gayathri NG
Very very healthy poriyal…
Chitra
This version is new & sounds good. will try for sure.
TheYummyMorsel
I have not cooked with vazhaipoo before. Looking at the pics…I want to try it now 🙂
Sobha Shyam
healthy and a wonderful combo..missing vazhaipoo here 🙁
DEESHA
Nice recipe, I love banana flower too
Kalyani's Platter
Very healthy recipeand also very tasty sharmilee ….
Suma Gandlur
Looks lovely!
Prathibha
Though I never made this,this looks very delicious
Bharathi
Awesome recipe ! Actually i tried this recipe, but indont know why it tasted bitter … i was sad about it… can you tell me why it becomes bitter finally ?
Sharmilee J
Depends on the variety too…not really sure
Viji Senthil
Tried this poriyal yesterday. Everyone liked in family. Thank you Sharmi!