A simple and quick side dish made with plantain (raw banana/Vazhaikkai) and tamarind (puzhi). Can be served with rice. Also try a different variant of this recipe, vazhikkai varuval.
Vazhaikkai Varuval
Difficulty: EasyA simple and easy varuval made with plantain (raw banana or vazhaikkai). This goes well with sambar rice or Rasam rice.
Vazhaikkai Puzhi Varuval
Course: PoriyalCuisine: Indian, TamilDifficulty: Easy
Servings
4
servingsPrep time
10
minutesCooking time
30
minutesA simple and quick side dish made with plantain (raw banana/Vazhaikai) and tamarind (puzhi). Can be served with rice.
Ingredients
Green Banana – 1
Sambar powder – 1 teaspoon heaped
Turmeric powder – ¼ teaspoon
Salt – 1 teaspoon or as per taste
Tamarind – Gooseberry size OR tamarind paste one teaspoon
Oil – 2 tablespoon
Directions
- Remove the skin from banana and cut it into ¼ inch thick round pieces and put it in water.
- Soak tamarind in little water and extract thick juice or use tamarind paste.
- Wash the banana pieces well and take out from water and put it in a broad vessel. Add salt, turmeric and sambar powder and tamarind extract. Sprinkle little water and mix well. Keep aside for ten to fifteen minutes.
- In a kadai put the oil and when it is hot, add the banana pieces and stir well. Separate each piece and cover with lid.
- Cook on low flame for five to ten minutes stirring (actually you have to turn the pieces gently) now and then.
- Remove the lid and turn the banana pieces and keep it on low flame on stove till it is dry and crispy.