Vazhakai Podi Curry /Raw Plaintain Curry.

Ingredients:

Vazhaikai (Raw plaintain) - 4-5

Urad Dal - 2 tsps

Mustard seeds for seasoning - 1 1/2 tsps

Hing - 1/4 tsp

Curry leaves - few

Salt - as required

Oil for cooking

Ingredients for podi (powder):

Urad dal - 4 tsps

Chana Dal - 3 tsps

Black Pepper - 1/2 tsp

Dry Red Chillies -6-7

Curry leaves - few

Coriander (daniya) seeds - 2 tsps

In 1/2 a tsp oil roast all the items and grind into a coarse powder.

Method:

Peel the skin of the plaintain and cut into small cubes and put in a vessel with water.

Take a kadai, pour little oil and add mustard seeds,urad dal, hing,and curry leaves for seasoning.

After the spluttering of mustard seeds add the small cut plaintain cubes after draining off the water.

Now add required amount of salt and sufficient water to cover the plaintain pieces and cook.

Alternatively you can put the plaintain pieces in a microwave bowl with water to cover the pieces and cook for about 8-10 minutes and the add it to the seasoning and mix nicely.This will be a little quicker.

If you are cooking in the kadai with water close a lid on top and cover it till the water evaporates and the pieces get cooked.

Now before removing from fire add the ground masala powder to the plaintain pieces and mix nicely and close for about 5 minutes and cook.

After everything is mixed nicely and the vegetable is cooked thoroughly, remove from fire.

Now the Vazhaikai podi curry is ready to be eaten with a nice curryleaves flavour and to be eaten with sambar or rasam rice.

In the end you can also add fresh grated coconut (optional) for an added taste or to enhance the flavour.