Banana stem chaat recipe | Vazhaithandu chaat – Easy to make healthy street style chaat using banana stem | Vazhaithandu – I made this chaat inspired by the popular Mysore street style Bale dindina masala.
The Mysore street-style masala will not include the North Indian chaat chutneys. They use the Mysore ssaru podi | rasam podi, but I want to make it in the usual chaat style. This turned out so well and is a super hit in our home. Kids who generally don’t prefer to eat Banana stem | Vazhaithandu, didn’t even find their trace in the chaat. Since we chop them so finely, it was not so visible in the chaat.
Banana stem | Vazhaithandu has a lot of health benefits. It has high fiber content and helps in weight loss, reduces bad cholesterol, manages diabetics, prevents kidney issues, and is good for curing constipation.
If you are a chaat lover like me and looking for healthy snack ideas do check out, sprouts chaat, fruits chaat, Peanut chaat recipe, Cucumber chaat recipe, Dahi idli chaat
Vazhaithandu chaat recipe
Ingredients
- 1 cup vazhaithandu | banana stem finely chopped
- 1 tbsp curd
- 1 onion finely chopped
- ½ tomato finely chopped
- ¼ cup grated carrot
- ¼ cup cucumber finely chopped
- 3-4 tbsp roasted peanuts you can use boiled peanuts too
- 2 tbsp green chutney
- 2 tbsp sweet chutney
- 4 tbsp sev I used Omapodi
- 1 tbsp finely chopped coriander leaves
- ¼ tsp red chili powder
- 1 tsp chaat masala
- Little salt if needed
- 1 tsp Lemon juice I missed to add
Instructions
- Chop the banana stem into fine pieces.
- Take out the fibre from the banana stem as you cut them.
- I cut them the previous day and put them in water.
- Add 1 tbsp of curd till you use, this helps in avoiding decolouration.
- When it is ready to use, drain the water completely.
- Add the finely chopped banana stem to a wide bowl.
- We are adding it raw, no need to cook. It is ok to consume the banana stem raw.
- Add 1 finely chopped onions, ¼ cup chopped cucumber, ½ tomato chopped, ¼ cup grated carrot and little salt.
- Do not add more salt, we will be adding chaat masala and chaat chutneys.
- Now add ¼ tsp red chili powder and 1 tsp chaat masala.
- Add 3-4 tbsp roasted peanuts, alternatively you can add boiled peanuts too.
- To this add 2 tbsp sev, I added South Indian Omapodi.
- Now add 2 tbsp sweet chutney and 2 tbsp of green chutney to this.
- Mix everything well.
- Garnish with coriander leaves
- Lastly add 2 tbsp of sev.
- Banana stem | Vazhaithandu chaat is ready
- Serve immediately.
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Notes
- Chop the banana stem into fine pieces.
- Take out the fiber from the banana stem as you cut them.
- I cut them the previous day and put them in water.
- Add 1 tbsp of curd till you use it, this helps in avoiding decoloration.
- When it is ready to use, drain the water completely.
- Add the finely chopped banana stem to a wide bowl.
- We are adding it raw, no need to cook. It is ok to consume the banana stem raw.
- Add 1 finely chopped onion, ¼ cup chopped cucumber, ½ chopped tomato, ¼ cup grated carrot and a little salt.
- Do not add more salt, we will be adding chaat masala and chaat chutneys.
- Now add ¼ tsp red chili powder and 1 tsp chaat masala.
- Add 3-4 tbsp roasted peanuts, alternatively, you can add boiled peanuts too.
- To this add 2 tbsp sev, I have added South Indian Omapodi.
- Now add 2 tbsp of sweet chutney and 2 tbsp of green chutney to this.
- Mix everything well.
- Garnish with coriander leaves
- Lastly, add 2 tbsp of sev.
- Banana stem | Vazhaithandu chaat is ready
- Serve immediately.
