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    Home » Recipes » Accompaniments

    Vazhaithandu mor kootu recipe | Vazhaithandu kootu

    June 11, 2013 by Raks Anand 22 Comments / Jump to Recipe

    Vazhaithandu mor kootu is a tasty accompaniment for rice, prepared with curd/ yogurt along with banana stem as main ingredients.

    vazhaithandu mor kootu
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    I wanted to post banana stem mor kootu for long time. Whenever I buy banana stem, I rather make poriyal than this kootu. But love this mor kootu a lot because it tastes like aviyal a little bit 🙂 And the procedure is also somewhat similar with similar ingredients.

    I am in Pune right now enjoying the break stay here and busy roaming around for shopping. Another two days here and then again back to busy marriage week at Chennai. Hoping to keep the blog alive with posts 🙂

    vazhaithandu mor kootu

    Top tip

    How to remove fiber from banana stem?

    I found this cool tip of removing the excess fiber in the cookbook I have, so tried it for the first time and surprised with the results. Its really cool and easy, so do try this way.

    Use two clean and lengthy bamboo skewers, insert it into the chopped banana stem and run the toothpick in between your palm to and fro as we beat for making buttermilk from curd (using mathu).

    This way the excess fiber part can be removed and discarded.

    remove fiber

    Related posts

    • Vazhaithandu poriyal
    • Vazhaithandu soup
    • Aviyal

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    Vazhaithandu mor kootu recipe

    Vazhaithandu mor kootu is a tasty accompaniment for rice, prepared with curd/ yogurt along with banana stem as main ingredients.
    Course Side Dish
    Cuisine Indian, South Indian
    Prep Time 20 minutes
    Cook Time 20 minutes
    Servings 4 people
    Cup measurements

    Ingredients

    • 1 Vazhaithandu
    • ½ cup Curd
    • 5 Green chilli
    • 4 curry leaves
    • Salt - As needed

    To temper

    • 2 teaspoon Oil/ coconut oil
    • ½ teaspoon Mustard
    • 1 teaspoon Urad dal
    • 6 Curry leaves

    To Grind

    • ½ cup Coconut grated
    • ¾ teaspoon Cumin seeds
    • 4 Green chilli
    • 1 teaspoon Rice flour
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    Instructions

    • Remove the skin of the banana stem, which will look like a separate ring as shown in the pic.
    • Then cut into thin circles / slices. If you want you can remove the fiber part as you cut. Otherwise, you can refer Top tip section above.
    • Chop vazhaithandu finely. Keep immersed in lemon squeezed water in a bowl until use.
    • Grind coconut, green chilli, jeera and rice flour with little water to a smooth paste.
    • Boil water and cook the banana stem with salt.
    • Once done, add the ground coconut paste and mix well. Bring to boil and switch off the flame.
    • Add the curd (beat well smoothly) and mix well.
    • Temper with the items given under to temper table. Pour over the kootu and mix in.

    Notes

    • Soaking the chopped banana stem in sour butter milk or lemon with water will help preventing discoloration.
    • After adding curd, do not let the kootu boil.
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    Stepwise photos

    1. Remove the skin of the banana stem, which will look like a separate ring as shown in the pic.

    banana stem, vazhaithandu

    2. Then cut into thin circles as shown in the picture. If you want you can remove the fiber part as you cut. Otherwise, you can also follow the next step. Chop finely as shown in the picture. Keep immersed in lemon squeezed water in a bowl until use.

    chopped

    3. Grind coconut, green chilli, jeera and rice flour with little water to a smooth paste.

    grind coconut

    4. Boil water and cook the banana stem with salt. Once done, add the ground coconut paste and mix well. Bring to boil and switch off the flame.

    cooked

    5. Mix well and add the curd (beat well). mix well and temper over the kootu with the items given under to temper table.

    mix curd, tempering

    Serve vazhaithandu mor kootu as accompaniment for rice, tastes best with tangy vathal kuzhambus mainly.

    vazhaithandu kootu

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    Reader Interactions

    Comments

    1. AparnaRajeshkumar

      June 11, 2013 at 12:30 pm

      i done the same for White pumpkin kootu 🙂 as u said it taste like avial ! good and enjoy the vaccation !

      Reply
    2. JEYASHRI SURESH

      June 11, 2013 at 12:49 pm

      I love this kootu always. Best one for summer

      Reply
    3. Akila

      June 11, 2013 at 12:55 pm

      Nvr tried this kootu... will try surely.. Enjoy ur vacation

      Reply
    4. Kalyani

      June 11, 2013 at 2:11 pm

      looks delicious ......

      Reply
    5. Sowmya Madhavan

      June 11, 2013 at 2:32 pm

      Never tried this...but I want to because of its health benefits..

      Reply
    6. BAGIRATHI DEVI

      June 11, 2013 at 3:49 pm

      It's new for me.not available in Spain

      Reply
    7. Sandhya Raman

      June 11, 2013 at 3:59 pm

      hi...Vaazhathandu is my all time fav.
      where r u in pune?i stay in pune too.

      Reply
    8. Veena Theagarajan

      June 11, 2013 at 4:17 pm

      I love the taste of Vazhaithadu with Mor.. yummy! Enjoy the vacation

      Reply
    9. Priti S

      June 11, 2013 at 4:44 pm

      yet to try this one ...looks yum ..

      Reply
    10. Gayathri Ramanan

      June 11, 2013 at 5:18 pm

      All time fav dish..looks delicious..

      Reply
    11. Priya Suresh

      June 11, 2013 at 6:53 pm

      Super like,my all time favourite kootu..

      Reply
    12. Priya Srinivasan

      June 11, 2013 at 6:59 pm

      Super tip to remove the fiber raji!!!! I too love this kootu a lot!!! Our favorite! !!

      Reply
    13. Anonymous

      June 11, 2013 at 8:43 pm

      good tip to remove the excess fibre.
      what are the other goodies in the picture?

      Reply
    14. Sangeetha M

      June 11, 2013 at 10:16 pm

      its been ages i made n tasted this banana stem..kootu looks super yumm..love it!

      Reply
    15. Aruna Manikandan

      June 12, 2013 at 5:20 am

      healthy and delicious kootu 🙂
      love it....

      Reply
    16. Sushma Madhuchandra

      June 12, 2013 at 6:56 am

      never ate anything with banana stem other than banana stem salad that my mom prepares once a year. Wonder how would it taste?!

      Reply
    17. Brett Trevor

      June 19, 2013 at 1:03 am

      As a caucasian, American wife who is going to school and absolutely abysmal with cooking and domestic duties, you are an absolute inspiration!!!! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!

      Reply
    18. Lilly Senthil

      June 21, 2013 at 5:00 am

      just tried this today, it came out very well.my whole fmly loved this. thanks may god bless u raks.

      Reply
    19. SHARMILEE J

      June 26, 2013 at 2:05 am

      Healthy kootu, nice colorful pics!

      Reply
    20. Muthukaruppi Meyyappan

      July 08, 2013 at 9:45 am

      can the same recipe be replaced with radish also?

      Reply
    21. Unknown

      September 18, 2015 at 1:01 am

      Superbbbbb surely I ll try this

      Reply
    22. Subhashini Karthikeyan

      August 13, 2016 at 3:24 am

      Nice tip. I love this kootu because of the excess fibre i don't buy frequently

      Reply

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