Vazhaipoo kulambu / banana flower curry

Ingredients

• Vazhaipoo - 2 cups
• Tamarind - a medium lemon size
• Methi Seeds- 1 tsp
• Red Chillies - 3
• Rice flour - 1 tsp
• Spicy sesame powder - 2 tsps
• Sambar powder - 1 tsp
• Turmeric powder - 1 tsp
• Onion - 1 cup
• Tomato - 1
• Salt to taste
• Mustard,Jeera - 1 tsp each
• Curry leaves
• Jaggery - a small piece

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Preparation

• Clean the vazhaipoo and keep it in a bowl of water with a tsp of curd added . Soak tamarind in the stock .
• Meanwhile , heat oil in a kadai . Add mustard , methi seeds ,red chillies and Jeera .Once it splutters , add chopped onion and saute till tender .
• Then add tomato,curry leaves and wait till it becomes skinny . Then add vazhaipoo and saute well. Cover with a lid. Cook in a slow flame .
• When it gets well cooked , add tamarind extract , little water and all the powders . Add 2 tbsps of oil , dissolved rice flour, jaggery and cover with a lid .Remove from the flame ,once the oil separates .