Chettinad Vazhakkai Varuval Recipe
Chettinad Vazhakkai Varuval Recipe | Chettinad Raw Banana curry recipe
Servings: 2 people
Ingredients
Main Ingredients
- 2 Raw banana
- 3 tbsp Cooking oil (to shallow fry)
- ½ tsp Fennel seeds
- 1 tsp Red chilli powder
- 1.5 tsp Coriander seeds powder
- ½ tsp Garam masala powder OR chicken masala powder
- Salt as needed
- Curry leaves to garnish
To grind
- 10 Garlic cloves
- 1 tsp Fennel seeds
- Curry leaves fistful
Instructions
- Wash and peel the skin of raw banana. Chop into small finger size pieces.
- Keep in water till use to avoid discoloration.
- Grind fennel seeds, curry leaves, garlic to a coarse paste and set aside.
- Heat oil in a kadai. Add the raw banana pieces in batches and shallow fry till light golden in color. Remove in a plate.
- In the remaining oil, splutter cumin seeds. Add ground paste, red chilli powder, turmeric powder, dhania powder and garam masala powder.
- Mix well in low flame and then add the roasted raw banana pieces.
- Mix gently to coat the masala. Let it cook in low flame for few minutes.
- Switch off the flame and garnish with curry leaves. You can sprinkle lemon juice if you like.
- Serve with sambar, rasam and curd rice. Enjoy !
Notes
- Adjust the quantity of spice powders as per your taste.
- You can replace red chilli powder + dhania powder with sambar powder but flavor may vary slightly.
- You can use either garam masala powder or chicken masala powder. I prefer chicken masala powder for best flavor and taste.