Banana Stem Curry / Vaazhai Thandu Curry... MW method.

 

 

Banana Stem Curry / Vaazhaithandu Curry

                  (Microwave method )

 

Banana stem is highly nutritious , rich in fiber , helps in weight loss, good for immune system ..  It also cures acidity.  It’s good for diabetes patients.   Regular intake of Banana stem prevents the occurrence of kidney and gall bladder stones.

  For this recipe,  it takes just 5 minutes to get cooked. Let’s see the recipe now…

 

Banana Stem :  Roughly 20 cm

Green gram / Moong dal :   1/4 cup

Green chilly :  3

Chopped Ginger :  1 tsp

Salt to taste

Turmeric powder :  1/8  tsp

Thin Butter milk : 1 cup

Mustard seeds :  1/2 tsp

Curry leaves :  5

Hing powder :  2 pinches

Grated coconut :  2 tbsp.

 

Soak green gram in sufficient water for half an hour.

          Remove the outer covers from the Banana stem until you can peel no more.   

 

Slice them and put them in the thin buttermilk .  After cutting each and every slice , remove the threads from the stem using finger .  Soaking in butter milk prevent chopped stems becoming  dark. 

 

 Now remove the slices from buttermilk and cut them into small pieces and put it back in the buttermilk till you chop all the slices.

 

In MW safe bowl , add soaked Green gram (after draining water ) and Banana Stem after draining buttermilk completely.  Add turmeric powder and mix nicely.

 

MW for 3 minutes in high .

Meanwhile, in a pan , temper with  mustard .  When mustard seeds stops spluttering, add chopped green chilly, ginger, curry leaves and hing powder .  Saute for a minute in low flame.

 

 

After 3 minutes of cooking ,  add salt and tempering with the banana stem and mix nicely. 

MW for 2 minutes in high .

Give 2 minutes of standing time.

After opening garnish with freshly grated coconut.

 

 

Serve Banana stem curry with hot rice and  Sambar or Rasam.

Enjoy the healthy food.