Vazhakkai roast recipe, vazhakkai tawa fry

Vazhakkai roast, plantain tawa fry recipe with full video, step by step pictures. This is a simple accompaniment for lunch or even can have as such.

I make vazhakkai tawa fry very often whenever I want to cook something quick as side dish for lunch. Because, this is so easy to prepare. No chopping onion, tempering part etc. Just slice, coat with spice powders and cook over tawa. And it turns out so tasty. Both Vj and Aj loves this.

Spice powders/ masala to use for vazhakkai roast

Usually, I make it with my sambar powder as masala for coating. But after I made this idli podi with rice, started using it in different roasts. It turns out crispy because of rice and flavourful because of the spices that have been added in the podi. So I have given the recipe with idli podi, you can replace this with sambar powder and rice flour.

There are various options for the spicy masala coating. Some of my friends even grind fresh masala paste with dhaniya, coconut, fennel seeds and red chilli. But, since this is made as comfort cooking option, I add my sambar podi. You can even use red chilli powder, dhaniya powder and turmeric alone if you do not have sambar powder.

So delicious with all south Indian lunch items like sambar, kuzhambu varieties and even a simple rasam! This tastes best when had hot, but even after cooling down, the taste is good, only texture might be different.

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Vazhakkai roast

Vazhakkai roast, plantain tawa fry recipe with full video, step by step pictures. This is a simple accompaniment for lunch or even can have as such.

Course Side Dish

Cuisine Indian

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 15 minutes

Servings 2

Cup measurements

Ingredients

• 1 Vazhakkai/ raw banana
• 1 tsp Red chilli powder
• ⅛ tsp Turmeric
• 2 tsp Idli podi with rice or rice flour
• Salt – As needed
• Oil – As needed

Instructions

• Peel the skin of plantain, wash well and slice thickly than we do for chips. You can slice into rounds or lengthwise too.
• Add red chilli powder, turmeric and salt. Mix with a tbsp of water to coat the plantain. (If using sambar powder, skip red chilli powder). Set for 10 mins.
• Add idli podi or rice flour to it and again mix gently to coat.
• Heat tawa, place the plantain over it and cook in medium flame. Just 1/2 to 1 minute. Drizzle a tsp of oil.
• Flip and cook the other side too until golden. Repeat to finish.

Video

Notes

• If not using my idli podi with rice, you can use 1 tsp of sambar powder and 2 tsp of rice flour.
• even if you don’t have/ don’t want to use sambar powder, use red chilli powder, 1/2 tsp coriander seeds powder. You can also add a pinch of cumin seeds powder and pepper powder.
• Do not slice too thin.

Prepare vazhakkai roast Step by step:

1. Peel the skin of plantain, wash well and slice thickly than we do for chips. You can slice into rounds or lengthwise too.
2. Add red chilli powder, turmeric and salt. Mix with a tbsp of water to coat the plantain. (If using sambar powder, skip red chilli powder). Set for 10 mins.
3. Add idli podi or rice flour to it and again mix gently to coat.
4. Heat tawa, place the plantain over it and cook in medium flame. Just 1/2 to 1 minute. Drizzle a tsp of oil.Flip and cook the other side too until golden. Repeat to finish.

Serve as an accompaniment or can even have as such.