VAZHAKKAI FRY/RAW BANANA FRY

VAZHAKKAI FRY/RAW BANANA FRY

Vazhakkai fry recipe – Tamilnadu style simple raw banana stir fry. Raw banana or unripe banana is widely used in Indian cuisine for making stir Vazhakkai fry.

Raw banana is another yummy vegetable which tastes divine if we stir-fry them. It is one of the traditional poriyal or curry variety in most of the South Indian kitchen. Raw banana cooks very fast and for stir-fry we don’t need to use much oil if we use non-stick pan. A hassle free and quick Vazhakkai stir-fry and would be a nice side dish for most of the of the rice varieties and even with all traditional kuzhambu varieties. 

Vazhakkai fry recipes:

prep time:5 min

cooking time:15 min

total time:20 min

recipes:poriyal/side dish

cuisines:indian

serves:2 no

Ingredients:

• Raw Banana-2 sliced
• Sambar powder- 1 tbsp
• Curry leaves-2 springs chopped
• Turmeric powder-1 tsp
• Sombu powder-2 tsp
• Water-2 tbsp
• Salt to taste
• Oil for deep frying

Method:

1. Wash and peel the raw bananas and chop it in thin slices as shown in the picture. Take the chopped raw banana in a bowl
2. Add salt, turmeric powder ,sombu powder and sambar powder and toss it to coat the masala nicely in the raw banana pieces
3. Heat oil in a pan add curry leaves and hing after they splutter it.
4. Add the coated raw banana pieces to the pan and mix well.
5. Splash some water ,cover and cook till raw banana cook well.
6. After raw banana cooked well ,keep in high flame and roast well
7. The mouth-watering vazhakkai varuval is now ready to serve.

Pictorial:

take raw banana 

peel the skin

slice your banana

take in bowl

add all spice powder

mix well

heat oil in a pan

add curry leaves

add hing 

now add raw banana

mix well

then sprinkle some water

cover and cook 

after raw banana cook well

keep in high flame and roast well

serve it