Valakkai Puttu Recipe

                              Valakkai puttu is a very simple dish, which is prepared with raw banana. Though it looks simple, it tastes very delicious as a side dish for rasam and paruppu sadham. Here first I steam the valakkai and then season it & serve.

Ingredients :

Raw Banana/Valakkai - 2
Dry red chilli - 2
Mustard seeds - 1 tblsp
Curry leaves - 1 spring
Urad dal - 1 tblsp
Coconut - 1/2 cup
Coconut oil - 2 tblsp

Method :

• Wash the raw banana and cut it into 2 pieces. 
• Add it to the boiling water and keep the flame low and cook it for 10 minutes.
• The skin colour of banana gets changed when it is done. 
• Remove from water and allow it to coal down. 
• Peel off the skin and grate it. 
• Now heat oil in a kadai, add mustard seeds, urad dal, curry leaves, red chillies and saute for a few minutes. 
• Add the grated bananas with salt and mix well. 
• Cook on low heat for 2 minutes and then add the fresh coconut and mix well. 
• Serve with rasam and paruppu sadham. 

Step by step pics :

                                                         Take boiled valakkai

                                                              Peel off the skin

                                                      Grate them and set aside

                                                              Heat oil in kadai

                                        Crackle mustard seeds and curry leaves 

                                                          Add dry red chillies

                                              Add grated valakkai and fry them

                                                     Add coconut and mix well

                                                                    Done