Description
Vazhakkai Curry:A classic,versatile Mustard based Andhra style curry that can be prepared with effortless ease.This curry is perfectly seasoned with spices, especially the flavor of Mustard powder accentuates the currys distinctive taste.Very quick, simple to prepare,healthy and makes a great side dish with hot rice or rotis.
| Ingredients-1 | |
|---|---|
| 2 nos | Raw plantain |
| 2 pinch | Turmeric powder |
| 2 pinch | Salt |
| Ingredients-2 | |
|---|---|
| 3 T | Coconut grated |
| 1 no | Green chilli |
| 1 T | Mustard seeds |
| 1 tsp | Fennel seeds |
| 1 inch | Ginger |
| Ingredients-3 | |
|---|---|
| 1 tsp | Mustard seeds |
| 1 tsp | Uradh dhal |
| 1 no | Green chilli |
| 2 pinch | Asafoetida powder |
| 2 pinch | Turmeric powder |
| 1½ T | Oil |
| 1 strands | Curry leaves |
| 1 tsp | Salt (as per taste) |
Instructions
1.Peel and chop the raw plantains to medium cubes as shown above.
2.Boil the chopped plantains with a cup of water,a pinch of turmeric and salt and cook till they turn soft.Do not over cook them b'se they tend to mash very fast.Approximately it takes about 5-6min to turn to a soft consistency.
3.Toss the Green chilli alone with a drop of oil before grinding,by doing so,the raw taste of green chilli fades off.Then grind all the above ingredients from table-2(as shown in the above pic)to a coarse powder.Do not add water while grinding.
4.Heat oil in a pan,add the mustard seeds and let them pop. Then add the uradh dal,curry leaves,green chilli(Slit open)and asafoetida powder and toss for few minutes i.e till it turns to golden brown color.
5.Add the cooked plantain pieces along with ground spices and required amount of salt and saute well.Plantain at this stage would be, as shown.
6.Cook them for 4-5min in a sim flame and do not keep stirring often as it would mash up the plantains.
Serve with hot rice!!!!
Notes
1.Vary the qunatity of Mustard used for grinding as per the plantain size.If u feel that the plantains are very big(Bigger than what's shown above) then 1.5T of mustard can be used.If it's small ones 1T should be sufficient.
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