Plantain / Vallaikai Puttu
May 06, 2011
PLANTAIN / VALAKKAI PUTTU
It i very special and made in good occasions. What they do is when it is amavasai or Pournami (that is fill moon day or no moon day) they used to cook with out onion in the food. They make Pulikuzhambhu and Plantain puttu default in my house. So this dish i always like it. It is very simple and easy dish to make. Whenever i make it, it reminds my grandma, she used to make this dish to the point. The taste and the texture will be consistent.
Plantain can be made in to so many dishes, you can shred the plantain when it is half cooked and make Puttu like this or you can just chop them round and toast them really well and then add salt and Chili powder, or you can even make some yummy Chips out of it by slicing them really thin and frying them in the oil. One of my favorite chips, in Kerala they make with a different kind of plantain, that will taste really awesome, some sweetness will be there and also some spiciness. It will be really so good and crispy. We should slice them really thin with your knife or if you have a food processor you can slice them with the lowest thin slicing setting and then slice them. And another way of using plantain is dicing them and cooking them as puttu, that way it will be nice and chunky and will be good too. I use them in avial too, plantain, potato and eggplant are the commonly used in avial. So as they say it is a Nattu kai, we use them in different way.
Cuisine : South Indian
Preparation time : 10 mins
Cooking time : 20 mins
Course : Side Dish
Main Ingredient : Plantain
Ingredients :
Plantain / Valakkai - 2 cups cooked and Shredded
Green Chili - slit 3
Curry leaves few
Mustard and split black gram - 1 tbsp
Salt to taste
Coconut - Shredded 2 tbsp
Preparation :
- The first thing you have to do is cook the Plantain in a boiling water. So take a wide pan and add some water to that and let them boil. Now cut both the ends of the Plantain and dropthem in the boiling water. It may take like ten minutes to cook, but dont over cook and make it mushy. When it is done or you can see the sin of the plantain kind of dark green or black you can take them out of the water and peel the skin.
- Now it should be shredded, you can wait till it is warm and then shred them and keep them ready.
- In a Pan, heat 1 tbsp of oil. Add Mustard and Split black gram (urad dal) and curry leaves.
- Then add chili, saute for few secs.
- Then add the shredded plantain and mix well. Add salt.
- Close it with a lid for few mins and turn off the heat, then add coconut.
Serve it hot with sambhar rice or any rice.
Serving per recipe : 2
Calories per serving : 200 approx
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