Vazhakkai curry recipe, made with raw banana cooked in a coconut based masala, a quick and easy to prepare recipe but turns out delicious and flavourful.
My mom makes this vazhakkai curry. MIL makes vazhakkai curry this way. But this is a simpler one and equally flavourful one. The jeera, coconut and shallots give a great flavour! Do try it.
Vazhakkai curry recipe
Recipe Cuisine: Indian | Recipe Category: Lunch
Prep Time: 5 mins | Cook time: 20 mins | Serves: 3
Prep Time: 5 mins | Cook time: 20 mins | Serves: 3
Ingredients
Plantain/ vazhakkai – 2
Turmeric powder – 1/8 tsp
Salt – As needed
Oil – 1 tbsp
To Grind
Coconut, grated – 3 tbsp
Shallots – 2
Jeera/ cumin seeds – 1/2 tsp
Red chillies – 3
To temper
Oil – 2 tsp
Mustard – 3/4 tsp
Urad dal – 1 tsp
Curry leaves – 1 sprig
Method
- Cut off the two ends of the banana and peel the skin with the use of peeler or knife. Cut into two halves lengthwise and then slice into thick pieces as show in the picture. Keep it immersed in water. Meanwhile, Grind first red chillies and coconut into paste with water in a blender. You can use sambar powder in place of red chilli for another flavour option.
Add onion and jeera lastly and give it a rough grind. Heat kadai with oil and temper with the items given under ‘To temper’ table.
Add the cut banana and give it a stir. Add ground paste, turmeric and salt. Add 1/4 cup water and mix well.
Cook covered in low flame for 3-4 minutes. Once all the water absorbed, cook in medium flame for 4-5 minutes. Turn in between to avoid burning. Cook until golden crust is formed.
Notes
- Use the water that we drain after washing rice (ariso mandi or Kazhani) to keep the plantain immersed. This helps in removing the stickiness of the plantain.
- You can replace redchilli with sambar powder.
Serve as accompaniment for rice.
Kajal
September 28, 2007 at 12:46 pmAnother recipe of raw banana….Thanks for sharing this delicious recipe. I made one simple raw banana curry next time I will try your recipe.:))
RAKS KITCHEN
September 28, 2007 at 2:24 pmSure,give it a try and let me know kajal…:)
Kribha
October 2, 2007 at 1:26 amLooks yummy. Bet you had a nice meal.
RAKS KITCHEN
October 2, 2007 at 12:10 pmYa kribha, you are right!! Heavy meals:)
Jerry
September 14, 2009 at 9:49 amLooks Nice. By raw banana, did you mean plantains or just plain raw banana?
Priya Sreeram
December 19, 2012 at 3:09 pmo my ! the curry looks stunning; loved this version- nice recipe
Pavithra Lakshminarasimhan
December 19, 2012 at 3:09 pmGuess the pics are updated n am drooling here.. does it really turn to golden yellow color at the last?
RAKS KITCHEN
December 19, 2012 at 3:10 pmYes of course.
Meenal Ramanathan
January 22, 2013 at 1:27 amcan we replace shallot by big onion or can we skip shallot.bcoz i dont get shallot?
RAKS KITCHEN
January 22, 2013 at 1:31 amYes you can replace it with 1/2 of a large onion.
sindhu chandran
April 27, 2013 at 2:39 pmA different recipe with Plantain !! Super.. I'm gonna give it a try. Thank u 🙂
Krishna Kanaga
May 19, 2013 at 2:15 pmHi, i am from France, i tried this recipe with same ingredients but bit different. i use Tefal pan . i used big onion.
my hubby n i loved it!
i am great fan of you page. don't know who takes photos of recipe but they give me hungry on seeing them. lol
Padma Suresh
October 17, 2013 at 4:28 pmmouth watering recipe Raji, but I wonder how the colour got changed suddenly in the last photo!!!
Raks anand
October 17, 2013 at 4:29 pmYou can try and see how its changing. I dont do anything for photo sake. I just click what I cook as such. In fact I want to show it as such so that to help people cooking.
Siva C Kumar
February 4, 2014 at 3:24 pmI am a great fan of you, Raks. This recipe came out great. Thanks and keep up the good work!
Ganga Ponnu
July 7, 2014 at 8:01 amSuper cool yaar! Did this and got loads of praises 🙂
Geets
September 22, 2016 at 2:46 pmHi. I always goofed up while making vazhakka curry…but this receipe turned out to be so perfect. Everyone loved it.