Ingredients
Plantain flower - 1
Toor dal - 1 cup
Red chilli -2
Turmeric powder - a pinch
Hing/Asafoetida - a pinch
Salt as required
For the seasoning
Oil - 2 tsp
Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Curry leaves - few
Preparation
Wash and soak the toor dal for 2-3 hours. Grind it along with red chilli, salt and hing coarsely without adding water. Keep it aside.
Clean plantain flower and chop it finely. Keep it in diluted buttermilk till use.
Method
Pressure cook banana flower (vazhaipoo) with required salt and the turmeric powder for 2-3 whistles. Drain the water and keep it aside.
Steam the grounded dal in greased idly pan or steamer cooker. When the dal is cooked, allow it to cool for some time. Then blend it in a mixie just for a few seconds. (use the ordinary blade but use the whipper button)
You can crumble the dal with your hands also but using the blender gives you uniform particles.
Now the dal and the vegetables are cooked and kept ready.
1.Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds, when it splutters, add curry leaves and the crumbled dal.Fry for a few minutes.
2.Then add plantain flower and fry both together for a few minutes. Check for salt.
Serve as a side dish with steamed rice paired with any sambar/kuzhambu varieties.
Click here to see how to clean vazhaipoo (plaintain flower)
cookingly yours,
vinu
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