VAZHAI THANDU PORICHA KUZHAMBU(BANANA STEM)

Ingredients (For four Persons)

1 piece of banana stem(tender)

1/2 piece of raw banana

2 colacasia tuber(optional)

2 brinjal

Handful of soaked channa(preferably white)

Lemon size ball of tamarind

For grinding

1/2 coconut

5 redchillies

2 tbs of channa dhall

2 tbs of urad dhall

3 tbs of dhania (coriander seeds)

For seasoning

1 tsp of mustard seeds

2 tbs of scraped coconut

1 sprig of curry leaves

Preparation

Soak the tamarind and squeeze the pulp. Cut all the vegetables into finger size pieces. Banana stem should be cut round and the thread removed from it. Wash all the vegetables and cook them in the tamarind pulp withturmeric powder and asafoetida. Add salt to taste to the boiling vegetables. Cook the soaked channa in a pressure pan till it is soft. Add it to the tamarind pulp with the vegetables. Fry the channa dhall urad dhall red chillies and the coconut to it. Grind it to a fine paste and add it to the cooked vegetables. Allow it to boil till it froths . Season mustard seeds and fry the coconut along with it and add curry leaves. Add the seasoning to the poricha kuzhambu. It can be had with rice.