Plantain stem soup/vazhaithandu soup StarterVery Easy25 min Send this recipe to a friend Print this page Ask a question to the author Post your photo of this recipe Ingredients 4 Plaintain Stem/Vazhaithandu - 1 (clean,wash and cut into small cubes) Water - 5cups Garlic(finely chopped) - 1pod Ginger(Finely chopped) - a small piece Onion(Finely chopped) - 1tablespoon Spring Onion(Finely chopped) - 1tablespoon Coriander Leaves(Finely chopped) - 2tablespoon Vegetable stock cube - 1(dissolve in water) Cumin/Jeera Powder - 1teaspoon Corn Flour - 1teaspoon dissolved in 2teaspoons milk or water. Ajinamoto - a pinch Pepper for taste Salt for taste. Butter - 1tablespoon Note:If you dont get stock cube u can very well use rasam powder.In that case u can avoid cumin powder coz rasam powder will have cumin flavour. View the directions