Vazhaipoo Kootu Recipe – Banana Flower Kootu - Plantain Flower Kootu

 Vazhaipoo kootu / Banana flower kootu/ Plantain flower kootu is my recent try in vazhaipoo recipes. I followed my MIL’s South Indian, Tamil nadu style basic kootu recipe with some modifications and tried it. It came out very well. Its a very simple kootu recipe that can be prepared in a pressure cooker directly. It can be prepared under 15 minutes if you have cleaned banana flower ready in hand. Banana flower, moong dal, sambar powder and coconut are the main ingredients in this recipe. 

I am happy that I got an easy, yummy recipe with banana flower other than my usual vazhaipoo vadai, vazhaipoo poriyal and vazhaipoo dosa.  My MIL makes vazhaipoo/ vazhaithandu mor kootu. Soon I will share that recipe too. Now lets see how to make South Indian, Tamil nadu style Vazhaipoo kootu recipe with step by step pictures.

Check out my post on

• How to clean vazhaipoo

• Vazhaipoo Kuzhambu

• Vazhaipoo usili

• Vazhaipoo vadai

• Vazhaipoo poriyal

• Vazhaipoo kola urundai

• Vazhaipoo dosai

• Vazhaipoo mor kootu

Vazhaipoo kootu / Banana flower kootu recipe

Vazhaipoo kootu / Banana flower kootu for rice

Cuisine: South Indian

Category: Kootu recipes

Serves: 3

Prep time: 10 Minutes

Cook time: 20 Minutes

Total time: 30 Minutes

Chitra Ganapathy

INGREDIENTS

1 cup = 250ml Banana flower - 2 cups (Chopped) Moong dal - 2 tbsp Sambar powder - 1 tsp Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp Ripe tomato - 1 no ( finely chopped) Salt & water - as needed To Grind Grated coconut - 1/3 cup Rice flour - 1 tsp Water - to grind To Temper Coconut oil - 1 tbsp Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp Urad dal - 1 tsp Curry leaves – Few Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp Big onion – 1 no (Finely chopped)

HOW TO MAKE VAZHAIPOO KOOTU

1. Wash and clean the vazhaipoo florets. Chop into small pieces and immerse in buttermilk.
2. In a pressure cooker base, heat coconut oil. Temper it. Saute onions.
3. Add chopped vazhaipoo, tomato, moong dal, sambar powder, turmeric powder, salt.
4. Grind coconut, rice flour to paste. Add to the kootu.
5. Add water, pressure cook for one whistle in low flame.
6. Remove the lid. Mix well and check for taste. Add more salt and some water if needed.
7. Serve with vatha kuzhambu, kara kuzhambu and curd rice.

METHOD - STEP BY STEP PICTURES

Wash and clean the banana flower florets. Please check this post for how to clean vazhaipoo. Chop the vazhaipoo into small pieces. Keep them immersed in buttermilk till use to prevent blackening. Heat coconut oil in a pressure cooker base. Temper mustard seeds, urad dal, cumin seeds and curry leaves. Saute onions till transparent. Add chopped vazhaipoo, tomato pieces, moong dal and saute for few minutes till vazhaipoo shrinks a bit. Add sambar powder, turmeric powder, salt. Mix well. Grind coconut + rice flour to a smooth paste. Add 1 cup of water, coconut paste and mix well. Pressure cook for one whistle in very low flame. Open the cooker after the steam is released. Mix well and add some water if the kootu is too thick. Suppose if the kootu is watery, boil for some time till thick. Mix well and serve with vatha kuzhambu rice, kara kuzhambu or curd rice. If you like, you can mix this kootu in plain rice adding ghee. Enjoy !

Note

Adjust the quantity of sambar powder for spicy taste. To replace sambar powder, use red chilli powder + coriander powder. You can also saute one red chilli while tempering for more spicy taste. Do not reduce the quantity of coconut and tomato because vazhaipoo may taste slightly bitter based on its variety. You can replace moong dal with soaked chana dal or soaked toor dal. To replace tomato, you can add 1/2 tsp of tamarind extract too. You can follow the same recipe and use banana stem/ Vazhaithandu instead of vazhaipoo.

Easy, healthy Vazhaipoo kootu for rice is ready. I served with Hotel style Kara kuzhambu. It was yum !

 

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