Vazhakoombu Thoran (Banana Flower)

Ingredients:-

Vazhakoombu chopped – 1 no.

Grated coconut – ½ cup

Garlic – 4-6 pods

Turmeric powder – ½ tsp.

Green chilli – 2 nos,

Mustard seed – ½ tsp

Dried red chilli -1 no,

Rice – 2tsp(optional)

Salt

Oil

Directions:-

·       Chop the vazhakoombu nicely into water this will help to reduce its bitterness.

·       Wash it thoroughly and drain the water.

·       Grind coconut, turmeric, green chilli,garlic into coarse paste or to make 2-3 pulses.

·       Add this paste into chopped vazhakoombu and mix well with hand.

·       Heat a pan and splutter mustard seed, add curry leaves and red chilies.

·       Then add vazha koombu  coconut mix with salt, and cook low flame for 10-20 minutes in a closed pan ,stirring occasionally.

·       Finally heat pan with little oil and put the rice into it and when rice start to spluttering switch off the heat and pour this into above thoran

·       Serve with rice.