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Chettinad Vazhakkai Curry

April 7, 2011 By Radhika 35 Comments

If you all could remember this post, you will know the Aachi who cooked up some amazing recipes of her origin, which is you guessed right, Chettinad. This recipe is also learnt from her and which I would like to dedicate to her. I could very easily say that this is the most loved side dish made of Vazhakkai in my home.

You’ll Need:

  • Vazhakkai / Raw banana / Plantain – 1
  • Onion – 1
  • Tomato – 2
  • Ginger garlic paste – 1 tbsp
  • Red chilli powder – 1 tsp
  • Coriander powder – 2 tsp
  • Turmeric powder – ½ tsp
  • Mustard seeds – ½ tsp
  • Urad dal – 1 tsp
  • Curry leaves – 2 sprig
  • Salt – to taste
  • Oil – 2 tbsp

Method:

Trim the edges of the plantain and slightly scrape the skin. Take care not to peel the skin fully. Cut into cubes and immerse in water to avoid discoloration as shown in the picture.

 
Take a heavy bottomed kadai and heat the oil. Add the mustards seeds and once t pops add the urad dal and sauté till it turns light brown.


Now add the chopped onions and 1 sprig of curry leaves and sauté till the onions turn translucent. Add the ginger garlic paste and the chopped tomatoes and cook till the tomatoes become mushy.

Now add the red chilli powder, turmeric powder, coriander powder and salt and mix well. Add the plantain cubes and ¼ cup of water. Mix well and close with a lid and cook for 10 mins. Remove the lid and mix lightly in between. Add more water if the curry is dry.

Cook till the plantain is tender and soft and switch off. Add another sprig of curry leaves and cover with the lid for another 10 mins for the curry leaf flavor to merge with the curry. Serve hot with Drumstick sambar rice. It tastes just too good.

Notes: 

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  • Add more water only when needed. If you add more water at one go then the plantain will get over cooked and turn mushy and the skin will also separate.  
  • If you are planning to omit ginger garlic paste then Don’t.
Also try these recipes belonging to Chettinad Cuisine – Chettinad Kalyana Vatral Kulambu,   Chettinad Vegetable Kurma
This Chettinad Vazhakkai Curry is off to the event of mine CBB Series #2 ~ Chettinad Cuisine and to Charitha who is hosting C for Colorful Currys

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Comments

  1. Valar Siva

    April 7, 2011 at 8:09 pm

    Looks spicy and yummy!!! Love them..

    valar
    http://valarskitchen-basics.blogspot.com/

    Reply
  2. jeyashrisuresh

    April 7, 2011 at 8:26 pm

    very interesting and yummy curry.adding ginger garlic paste makes it more yum

    Reply
  3. Hamaree Rasoi

    April 7, 2011 at 8:31 pm

    Chettinand Curry looks delicious. Excellent recipe. Looks so inviting.

    Deepa
    Hamaree Rasoi

    Reply
  4. Raji

    April 7, 2011 at 8:37 pm

    You have made me hungry…the curry looks delicious.

    Reply
  5. SravsCulinaryConcepts

    April 7, 2011 at 8:38 pm

    super interesting and delicious curry !!

    Reply
  6. Nandini

    April 7, 2011 at 8:56 pm

    Wow! It’s droolworthy and scrumptious! Yummy!

    Reply
  7. R

    April 7, 2011 at 9:53 pm

    delicious! i have never tried cooking with raw bananas, but this is really tempting….

    Reply
  8. sheril benedict

    April 7, 2011 at 10:00 pm

    looks great …happy to see a indian blogger ..following u n waiting for your feature post ..n check out my website too

    Reply
  9. Santosh Bangar

    April 7, 2011 at 10:08 pm

    spicy and tasty stire

    Reply
  10. Plateful

    April 7, 2011 at 10:23 pm

    That’s such a tempting platter, Radhika! Next time I make vazhakkai I’ll try this recipe- bookmarked!

    Reply
  11. Sensible Vegetarian

    April 7, 2011 at 10:40 pm

    Love vazhakkai, and this curry looks so delicious.

    Reply
  12. Jay

    April 7, 2011 at 11:30 pm

    this recipe is new to me…sounds delicious with great pics…:)
    Tasty Appetite

    Reply
  13. Now Serving

    April 7, 2011 at 11:55 pm

    Looks so yummy, Radhika… Love your chettinad style recipes 🙂

    Reply
  14. SheenaBabu

    April 8, 2011 at 12:06 am

    It looks very yummy and nice

    Reply
  15. Reshmi Mahesh

    April 8, 2011 at 12:27 am

    Looks spicy and delicious…

    Reply
  16. Only Fish Recipes

    April 8, 2011 at 12:57 am

    wow…chettinad curry…..looks just too delicious…i too prepared chettinad crab today….wanted to send it to your event….but couldn’t because of non veg dish 🙁

    Reply
  17. Priya

    April 8, 2011 at 2:53 am

    Slurp, mouthwatering here…delicious curry..

    Reply
  18. mrscinxav

    April 8, 2011 at 6:19 am

    Love this curry very much dear. Looks so delicious.

    Reply
  19. RAKS KITCHEN

    April 8, 2011 at 7:23 am

    Chettinad version sounds really good,nice recipe Radhika!

    Reply
  20. Suman Singh

    April 8, 2011 at 8:07 am

    Hmm..I have to get some raw plantain to try out this recipe..looks great and yum!perfect with rotis..

    Reply
  21. Vimitha Anand

    April 8, 2011 at 7:31 pm

    yummy curry Radhika… Would love it with morkulambu / curd rice…
    U have a lovely space. Happy to follow you…

    Reply
  22. kaveri

    April 8, 2011 at 8:45 pm

    Spicy and yummy curry…makes me want some right away…Have sent my entry..

    Reply
  23. Pam

    April 8, 2011 at 9:30 pm

    It looks delicious.

    Reply
  24. Preety

    April 8, 2011 at 9:35 pm

    this is new way to make it..never tried this way before..looks delicious

    Reply
  25. Ila

    April 8, 2011 at 10:04 pm

    awesome and delicious curry 🙂

    Reply
  26. Sneha Benny

    April 8, 2011 at 11:17 pm

    Interesting recipe !!

    Reply
  27. Premalatha Aravindhan

    April 9, 2011 at 5:27 am

    Wat a tempting click dear,makes me hungry…Nice version of Vazhakkai curry…Yummy.

    Reply
  28. Kalpana Sareesh

    April 9, 2011 at 11:03 am

    Thanks for stopping by my blog.. the curry is so divine send them for my today’s lunch..love it!!!Happy to follow u…

    Reply
  29. Aruna Manikandan

    April 10, 2011 at 11:57 am

    looks spicy and delicious dear 🙂

    Reply
  30. Smita

    April 10, 2011 at 9:18 pm

    lovely curry ….new recipe for me…would love to try it out 🙂

    Reply
  31. Dhvani

    October 12, 2011 at 8:24 am

    Excellent recipe and came out very tasty. Thx for posting the details – it helped immensely.

    Reply
  32. vidhas

    December 26, 2011 at 9:30 pm

    yummy curry, i have not tried like this. Next time i will. thanks for sharing and inviting picture.

    Reply
  33. Kadhyaa

    December 27, 2011 at 10:03 am

    looks very tempting and would love to have it with a bowl of curd rice 🙂

    Reply
  34. Roshni

    April 25, 2012 at 6:58 pm

    Radhika, its almost like I am having a cook thru radhika’s site mela at my blog… i have so many of ur recipes that i have bookmarked… love all of them… made this curry. check my link

    http://arusuvai-kurippu.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/chettinad-vazhakka-curry.html

    Reply

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