Raw banana curry, south Indian style vazhakkai dry curry with freshly ground special masala – its really spicy and flavorful!
Most of the time I buy raw banana/ vazhakkai, I make this spicy raw banana dry curry, other than the simple vazhakkai poriyal.
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Vj loves it this way. Aj also eats silently, so I stick to this recipe. The curry is so flavorful, that I bet you would be wanting to eat it soon while you cook.
The freshly ground masala is such a flavorful masala! It has the fine selected spices that even nullifies the gastric problem we usually get when we cook vazhakkai.
I always wonder and appreciate how they incorporate the spices to balance all these in our cooking!
Because the pepper, jeera, coriander seeds and mainly garlic does this job.
This can be a perfect combo for more kuzhambu or even with any simple rasam.
Again, this is a recipe I learnt from my MIL. We do even potato curry this way. I have already posted it.
Top tip
Make sure to give enough time between roasting dry after the water evaporates. If you keep stirring, it may stick to the pan.
So give couple of minutes in medium flame for the masala to get cooked and then stir.
Use oil in between roasting for golden browned masala.
Cooking raw banana in iron kadai turns it dull in color. So make sure to use a neutral metal pan or old, well seasoned kadai which has oil layer naturally.
Related links
- Vazhakkai curry recipe
- Raw banana roast recipe
- Vazhakkai vadai recipe
- Plantain chips recipe
- Sutta vazhakkai curry recipe
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Raw banana dry curry recipe
Ingredients
- 1 Raw banana Unripe plantain/ vazhakkai, big
- 1 Onion
- ¼ teaspoon Turmeric
- Salt – As needed
- 1 teaspoon Coconut oil
To temper
- 1 tablespoon Oil
- ½ teaspoon Mustard
- 1 teaspoon Urad dal
- 1 sprig Curry leaves
To grind to a paste
- 2 tablespoon Coconut
- 1 tablespoon Coriander seeds
- 1 teaspoon Black pepper
- ½ teaspoon Cumin seeds
- 2 Red chilli
- 2 Garlic
Instructions
- Cut onion lengthwise, peel the skin of raw banana, slit lengthwise, slice them and keep immersed in water.
- Grind the ingredients under ‘To grind to a paste’ with little water to a little bit coarse paste.2 tablespoon Coconut, 1 tablespoon Coriander seeds, 1 teaspoon Black pepper, ½ teaspoon Cumin seeds, 2 Garlic, 2 Red chilli
- Temper with mustard, urad dal and curry leaves and add onions to fry till transparent.
- Add the cut vazhakkai along with the ground masala, ¼ cup water, salt and turmeric.
- Mix well and cook covered for 4 minutes in medium flame.
- When the water evaporates completely, then keep frying until the masala turns golden in colour. Say about 3-4 minutes in medium flame.
- Add 2 teaspoon oil while frying. Lastly add coconut oil and mix well.
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1. Cut onion lengthwise, peel the skin of raw banana, slit lengthwise, slice them and keep immersed in water. Grind the ingredients under ‘To grind to a paste’ with little water to a little bit coarse paste.
2. Season with mustard, urad dal and curry leaves and add onions to fry till transparent. Add the cut vazhakkai along with the ground masala, ¼ cup water, salt and turmeric.
3. Mix well and cook covered for 4 minutes in medium flame. When the water evaporates completely, then keep frying until the masala turns golden in color.
Say about 3-4 minutes in medium flame. Add 2 teaspoon oil while frying. Lastly add coconut oil and mix well.
Transfer to the serving bowl, flavorful curry is ready for accompanying your rice.
Wow, looks flavorful and aromatic!
looks colorful…will surely try……n tasty.
Oh raks..the pic makes me hungry…looks absolutely yummy and tempting.
Looks so delicious and spicy. will try soon
Love coriander seeds in recipes. Curry looks so inviting Raks.
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Wow, I love raw bananas, I make a dry curry with coriander & cumin but yours looks so inviting with the fried onions and ground coconut (I am sucker for any recipe with coconut :-)), I will definitely make this the next time I bring raw bananas.
Oh man!!! I just cant believe this. Just packed this with lemon rice for my husband. Great people think alike??!!
Make me go to the kitchen and try right away,it is already late nite- u just tease me 🙂 Superb!
samma super.. will try this 🙂 i just made the simple one today! ithu try pannanum 🙂
Flavorful curry and i know this must taste yum as i have tasted the potato curry u make. neat clicks
Nice curry will try it soon as i was thinking reg wat to do with vazhakai.
wow!!raji flavourful curry…adding coriander seeds surely gives nice smile…thanks for sharing!!lovely click!
Really tempting curry Raji, looks awesome…
Me too love this Raji..I too make similar way. Yah as u said I love a lot with potato too.. Absolutely tempting Clicks :):):)
Wow I can smell the flavour here…Sure to try it. Pakum pothe sapidanum pola iruke 🙂
Aaaahhh..super varuval..:))
Lovled it.. what can I say it is awesome..:))
Reva
That looks mouthwatering…
wow very tempting curry,me too make this with freshly ground powder…makes me hungry now:-)
That's an aromatic spice powder….curry looks yum…
Flavourful curry looks inviting….
i remember this 🙂 loved it!
i love raw banana! this looks lovely
wow.. surely very tempting.. one more version to raw banana fry.. bookmarked it for this weekend lunch 🙂
anothe version of banana curry…this sounds delicious…
So flavorful n yummy curry.
The curry Looks scrumptious, love the spices in the background..
Very flavorful and yummy fry,I too like vazhakkai fry this way too good with rasam rt? But I don't add garlic will try yours next time 🙂
Fry looks so tempting,crisp n clear picture…loved it!!
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Looks tempting and spicy too. Nice clicks.
looks great Raks..
I make it the same way but I add sombu instead of the cumin. I love it with Mor Kuzhambu.
This is a awesome recipe…YUMMY
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i loved this poriyal. nice and aromatic masala
This curry looks amazing! Great presentation too!
Looks wonderful..so tempting
Love all the spice mix in the recipe!
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Mmm.. yum! My mom in law makes similar dish using raw bananas 🙂
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raw banana curry looks really delicious… will surely give this a try… thanks for sharing the recipe…
I love this …totally yummmy..;)
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I only prepare a shallow fried version with raw bananas, this seems quite new, will prepare it once .
I have made this with mushrooms and eggplant… have to try raw bananas..
love the clicks…
Nice curry with awesome flavors !!
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very delicious raw banana recipe, liked the preparation, shall try it out 🙂
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Delicious curry raks!!!! nice pics !!
flavorful and delicious curry raji 🙂
love it simply. Nice clicks. like the specific focus on banana curry.
This is not a favourite veggie of mine, but the husband loves it. Will try this dish. It looks really appetising.
Wow…looks absolutely delicious….bookmarking the recipe!
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Tried it, came out really well , thanks for the recipe,started liking raw banana after eating this 🙂 and my hubby also liked it very much.
I can imagine hogging that whole plate looks spicy delicious.
That vazhakai curry looks just awesome… i always make a simple roast but these spices must make it extraordinary.
Love this curry! we don't get nama oor vazhakai here, but I but raw bananas and make this – And it comes out perfectly – this and rasam = heaven – have a super weekend dear!
favourful vazhakai curry. Great clicks.
U wont believe..i too have similar post in my draft…luv the fresh ground spices in vazhakkai fry
beautiful blend of spices.. love it..
delicious curry
I would love to have this with morekozhambu raks, looks tasty!
I made this for amavasaya yesterday. It turned out superb. I would like to pass on an award to you. Please check my blog for details.
Wow this is delicious.
Hi Raks
Yesterday i tried this curry(but with Raw Red Banana)and it was so spicy n good…we thoroughly enjoyed it with Rasam sadham…addition of pepper n garlic makes it more flavorful n yummy…My H too liked it very much…i was not feeling well or els i could have clicked some…sure will clicks next time n share 🙂 Thank u so much for the recipe!!
Thanks a lot for the feedback Sangee 🙂
mouth watering recipes…wanna try all of them!!!
tried your recipe. very tasty and quite different from usual.
i have tried your receipe and its vey yummy and very tasty
Hi Raks,
iam a g8 fan of ur site..i love vazhakkai but wen i tried making this recipe twice i dint get the same dry curry.instead i got it as a gravy..wat should i do?
Add less water, and after you add the ground mixture with water to the vazhakkai, keep the flame in high and cook until there is no water, then simmer the flame and cook to get it roasted.
Hello! I made this tonight. It tasted AWESOME! I had to stop myself from trying to finish the whole bowl after my tummy became full.I skipped the onion and garlic (because we don't include it in our diet) but used everything else you have mentioned and it still tasted brilliant. Thanks for sharing this with us. I have had this only in kalyanams and other occasions where we hire people to cook the food. Now I know how to make it:)
Thanks for the feedback 🙂
Hi Raks,
I tried out the recipe yesterday.. It tasted good .. but the color did not turn golden yellow like urs..
any idea where i went wrong ??
PS : i used all masala powders !!!
The key is once its done 3/4th, cook in medium flame and add some oil to keep it non sticky. Should not keep turning the curry while doing so. Leave it as such to get the browning effect and then turn it.
Hi, Thank you very much for sharing this recipe. I just prepared this & it came out really well. I've never used raw bananas in my cooking as I did not know what to prepare out of it. But now after tasting your recipe, I do not think I will ever stop preparing this atleast once a week. Thank you again…
I tried this recipe with your mor rasam recipe, today! havent tasted anything like these in a long time. They were both fantastic, esp. the raw banana curry was very tasty!
Hi Raks,tried this recipe today.The whole house was filled with the aroma of the masala.Thank you for this wonderful recipe.
Hi Raks,
I always try to comment but due to laziness I just did not post it.Some of your highlights are tiffin sambar,sweet pongal list goes on. I am a great fan of your blog. I have almost tried all your receipe and they never fail me.You can make anything out of nothing.You are very talented.this receipe also came out very well.I made this in a iron kadai and it turned out to be green in color.Anything that I am missing???i followed every single step.
Thank you so much.
Mallika
turned to be too spicy for me. But tasted YUM with curd rice. Thanks for the receipe.
Oh, may be the spice level depends on the red chili and black pepper’s spice level. What we get here in Singapore is always mild to medium spice. Hope next time you can adjust accordingly and get it done perfect. Thanks for your feedback
Tried today..yummy..What an aromatic tasty vazhakkai.. after 8 years coming again here to look for recipes..
you rock raks..
Thank you so much 🙂