Sunday 16 September 2012

Banana Flower curry (or) Arati puvvu kura - 1



Preparation time : 1/2 hour
Serves : 3 to 4

Ingredients :

Banana flower : one
Potato : 1
Grated coconut : 1/4 cup
Ghee : 1 tsp
Cumin seeds : 1/2 tsp
Cinnamon stick : 1" piece
Cloves : 3
Cardamom seeds : 3
Red chili powder : to taste
Salt : to taste
Garam masala : 1/4 tsp
Turmeric powder : pinch

Method :

Banana flower and how to separate those two things ....








This is the final thing that will be left at last.
We use to eat this (It has calming effect on your body).

Dry roast cinnamon stick, clove, cardamom .
Make a fine powder with this and keep it aside.
Remove those two things white one and the long string from banana flower .
(We call them as dongalu and pillellu in our language).
cut them into small pieces .


Cook them in pressure cooker keep them aside .
Peel and cut potato into small cubes , cook them and keep them aside.
(You can cook both these pieces and potato in same pressure cooker in different vessels for 2 whistles )
Take a pan heat it, add 2 to 3 tbsp of oil.
Add cumin seeds let them saute a bit.
Add cooked potato cubes.
Once the potato is fried a bit, squeeze water from those cooked banana flower pieces and add them.
Let it fry for some time.
Add chili powder, salt, garam masala, turmeric powder.
Let it fry once again.
Add the spice powder that we prepared (according to taste) and then fry once.
Add freshly grated coconut and fry once.
Add ghee and saute it a bit.


Serve it with hot rice.
Enjoy your dish :)
Thank you, do post your comments !!!

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