Vazhaipoo paruppu usili, a traditional Tamil Brahmin recipe made using banana flower and lentils, serves as a perfect accompaniment for rice. Vazhaipoo or banana flower is cooked in 2 forms in our place. One is this Vazhipoo paruppu usili and the other one is Vazhaipoo kootu, Vazhaipoo paruppu usili, though like by everyone at home, many times we won’t have a chance to visit the Indian market in Little India and the local small Indian shops will only the basic Indian veggies. So whenever I visit the Indian market, I buy the Vazhaipoos and make paruppu usili in the same way as I make Beans Paruppu usili.
Recently I was told by my friend, that she makes this vazhaipoo paruppu usili by adding an extra ingredient. So I am sharing the recipe of the popular South Indian Vazhaipoo paruppu usili. Also, check out the popular chettinad style Vazhaipoo vadai recipe Before buying the vazhaipoo, always choose the heavy-weight vazhiapoo , which will have more flowers. Though cleaning is a little elaborate part when you practise it will be easy.
Protein rich South Indian dry curry, using banana flower
Course Accompaniments
Cuisine South Indian
Keyword no onion garlic recipes, protein-rich food
Prep Time 25 minutesminutes
Cook Time 25 minutesminutes
Soaking time 1 hourhour
Total Time 1 hourhour50 minutesminutes
Servings 4
Author Jeyashri suresh
Ingredients
¼cupToor dal
¼cupChana dal
4-5red chili
2tspcoriander seeds
2cupsVazhaipoo chopped
2pinchesasafoedita
2tbspoil
1tspmustard seeds
Salt as needed
Few curry leaves
2tbspbutter milk
Instructions
First clean the vazhipoo. Take out the bunch of flowers and take out the kallan( the black part. I took this photo from my phone as couldn’t handle the camera in one hand.
Chop them finely and put them in a vessel filled with water and little buttermilk. the addition of buttermilk is to avoid the the discoloration of the vazhaipoo. This can be done on the previous day night and kept in the refrigerator.
Soak the channa dal, toor dal, dhania seeds, and red chilies for an hour
After 20 minutes, drain the water and coarsely grind this in a mixer.
Steam this in a greased idli plate or a normal vessel for 12- 15 minutes.
When done allow this to cool and pulse it in a mixer.
Add oil to a pan and throw in the mustard seeds. Drain water from vazhaipoo and saute for 5 minutes, adding salt.
The vazhaipoo will get cooked easily.
Take it out from the pan and keep it aside.
Add oil to the same pan and add the steamed and pulsed dal.
Add a little salt and turmeric powder. Saute well on a low flame for 5- 8 minutes until it is nicely roasted.
Now add the vazhaipoo which we have cooked already.
Mix well with the dal and simmer on a low flame for 2 minutes. Add curry leaves and switch off the flame.
Vazhipoo paruppu usli is ready to serve. Generally when i make paruppu usili ,we will have it Morkuzhambhu or Vatha kuzhambhu. But this time for a change, we had with Garlic rasam and Thengai thogaiyal and Pavakkai Chips.
1. If you want the texture of the paruppu usili to be very soft, add more of toor dal and less of channa dal.2. If you prefer a roasted texture then add more of channa dal and less toor dal.3. If steaming the paruppu in a normal vessel , do not forget to cover it properly, else water will come into it and make the Vazhaipoo paruppu usili soggy.
METHOD:
First clean the vazhipoo. Take out the bunch of flowers and take out the kallan( the black part. I took this photo from my phone as couldn’t handle the camera in one hand.
Chop them finely and put them in a vessel filled with water and little buttermilk. the addition of buttermilk is to avoid the the discoloration of the vazhaipoo. This can be done on the previous day night and kept in the refrigerator.
Soak the channa dal, toor dal, dhania seeds, and red chilies for an hour.
After 20 minutes, drain the water and coarsely grind this in a mixer.
Steam this in a greased idli plate or a normal vessel for 12- 15 minutes.
When done allow this to cool and pulse it in a mixer.
Add oil to a pan and throw in the mustard seeds. Drain water from vazhaipoo and saute for 5 minutes, adding salt.
The vazhaipoo will get cooked easily.
Take it out from the pan and keep it aside.
Add oil to the same pan and add the steamed and pulsed dal.
Add a little salt and turmeric powder. Saute well on a low flame for 5- 8 minutes until it is nicely roasted.
Now add the vazhaipoo which we have cooked already.
Mix well with the dal and simmer on a low flame for 2 minutes. Add curry leaves and switch off the flame.
If you want the texture of the paruppu usili to be very soft, add more of toor dal and less of channa dal.
If you prefer a roasted texture then add more of channa dal and less toor dal.
If steaming the paruppu in a normal vessel , do not forget to cover it properly, else water will come into it and make the Vazhaipoo paruppu usili soggy.
Wow ! Loved ur version much !
looks nice and neat shots jey..
healthy and all time favorite recipe !~
two of my favourite ingredients coming together in this dish 🙂 the pictures are super crisp!
healthy and delicious.
love it my fav dish
Woww.. Lovely and colorful dish.. looks awesome!!
Never had this …looks yum and tempting and love the pics ….very sharp
nice yummy diah.. such crispy clear clicks ! And..hey, do drop by my "pick-quics (non foodie blog) if you are in for some real hearty laugh.
Vazhaipoo paruppu usili looks fabulous and quite new for me, rasam kuda supera irrukum illa.
Love this usili a lot… looks so good
Healthy recipe,nice version…
healthy and yummy usili..perfectly done…
usulli looks amazing dear
Love this usili, very nicely done..
I am in awe of people who can clean the vazhipoo and then make usili out of it. I love to eat it but need someone to do the prep work.
Wonderful and delicious one !!
My mom prepares the same… Just love it
Such a nice recipe:) Yummy and tempting:) Loved the clicks 🙂
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perfect usili jey! like the crumbling texture, i never get it that way though!
I liked the addition of coriander seeds, it gave nice flavor 🙂
Wonderful!! How do I know when the vazhapoo is cooked?? Need to filter it from buttermilk and fry it in oil??
Vazhaipoo will be cooked so soon. May be in 5 to 7 minutes. Yes you have to discard the buttermilk water