Hard Bananas or Green Bananas or Vazhakai is the best next to potatoes. When fried, gives a nice aroma and pulls you to the table. Its good for health too.
Ingredients:
Hard Bananas/Green Bananas/Vazhakai - 4-5
* Vegetable powder/Kari Podi - 1 spn
Tempering/Talikardu:
Mustard
Urad dal - 1 spn
Channa dal - 1 spn
1-2 Long red chillies
Curry leaves- 5-10
Salt
Oil
Asafoetida - A pinch
Method:
1) Peel the bananas and chop it and put it in the water. ( SO that it doesnt turn
brown)
2) Take Kadai and put oil, Put mustard and wait till it splutters. Then put Urad dal, Chana dal and 1-2 long red chillies.
3) Put the chopped bananas and fry till it becomes crispy.( It may take more oil to fry)
4) Put the Vegetable powder/Kari Podi ,curry leaves and Asafoetida.
Ta-Daaaa....Varutha Vazhakai is served.
Note: Before frying bananas , I did cook it in the microwave for 5 mts. Usually this makes the cooking little bit easier.
* Vegetable powder: This is just a simple powder, to put for fried vegetables. It consists of Chana dal, Daniya ( Coriander seeds) and Long red chillies .
