{"id":4331,"date":"2020-07-03T15:15:18","date_gmt":"2020-07-03T23:15:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pepper2salt.com\/?p=4331"},"modified":"2020-07-03T15:57:57","modified_gmt":"2020-07-03T23:57:57","slug":"vazhakka-thoran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pepper2salt.com\/sindhus-kitchen\/vazhakka-thoran\/","title":{"rendered":"Vazhakka Thoran"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Vazhakka (Green\/Raw Banana), is a very good source of dietary fibres and known for its weight loss benefits. It is a key ingredient for Kerala meal dishes like Aviyal<\/a>, Sambar<\/a> and also for special side dishes like Raw Banana Puttu<\/a>. In this recipe I share the step by step procedure to prepare thoran (poriyal) with Vazhakka.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Ingredients<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Green banana   : 3<\/li>
  2. Chopped onion : 1 medium<\/li>
  3. Salt<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    For Grinding:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    1. Grated coconut : 1 \u00bd Cup ( Adjust)<\/li>
    2. Garlic   : 3 cloves<\/li>
    3. Cumin seeds     : \u00bc T-Sp.<\/li>
    4. Chilly powder    : 1 T-Sp. (Adjust)<\/li>
    5. Turmeric powder           : \u00bc T-Sp.<\/li>
    6. Curry leaves<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      For seasoning:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      1. Mustard seeds  : \u00bd T-Sp.<\/li>
      2. Urdu dal            : 1 T-Sp.<\/li>
      3. Oil        : 1 \u00bd T- Sp.<\/li>
      4. Curry leaves<\/li>
      5. Dried red chilly  : 3<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

        Method<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

        • Skin out green banana and cut it into medium size pieces; keep it in water for about 20 minutes.<\/li>
        • Take this from the water and keep it in a colander to dry the excess water.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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          • Chop the bananas into small pieces.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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            • Coarse grind all the ingredients mentioned for grinding and keep it aside.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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              • Heat oil in a pan and splutter mustard seeds followed by urud dal, fried red chilly and curry leaves.<\/li>
              • Then add the chopped onion along with salt and saute it until the onion become translucent.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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                • Add the chopped bananas and saut\u00e9 it for about 1 minute.<\/li>
                • Then close the lid and cook it for about 2 minutes, mix it in between to avoid bottom sticking .<\/li>
                • Then add the coarse ground coconut mixture on top of the banana, keep all the mixture in the center of the pan.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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                  • Close it and cook it in a low flame for about 2 minutes.<\/li>
                  • Open the lid and saut\u00e9 it about 1 minute.<\/li>
                  • Cooking time vary depends on the quality of banana. 5 min is typical after putting the banana<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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                    Tips: –<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                    • Socking banana pieces in water will help to remove the stickiness from the banana and help retain the color.<\/li>
                    • May use a food processer for chopping<\/li>
                    • I didn\u2019t use water for the cooking, if you see it\u2019s sticking in the pan may sprinkle some oil or water.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                      Vazhakka (Green\/Raw Banana), is a very good source of dietary fibres and known for its weight loss benefits. It is a key ingredient for Kerala meal dishes like Aviyal, Sambar and also for special side dishes like Raw Banana Puttu. In this recipe I share the step by step procedure […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4332,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,3,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-healthy-diet","category-kerala-specials","category-side-dish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pepper2salt.com\/sindhus-kitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pepper2salt.com\/sindhus-kitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pepper2salt.com\/sindhus-kitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pepper2salt.com\/sindhus-kitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pepper2salt.com\/sindhus-kitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4331"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/pepper2salt.com\/sindhus-kitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4331\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4344,"href":"https:\/\/pepper2salt.com\/sindhus-kitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4331\/revisions\/4344"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pepper2salt.com\/sindhus-kitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pepper2salt.com\/sindhus-kitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pepper2salt.com\/sindhus-kitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pepper2salt.com\/sindhus-kitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}