Vazhapoo Paruupu Usli is a very native dish from the South of India, I'm really not sure whether it originated in Kerala or Tamil Nadu. However, I can assure it, it is one of the most scrumptious vegetables you can eat.
Banana flower's insides i.e. the stamens by nature have some level of bitterness to them. So as you clean them, remember to soak them in water and squeeze a lemon on it.Left is a photo of the raw banana flower. You remove the stamens from the flower base.
This is a recipe where you steam some lentils mixed with coconut,
coriander seeds, red chillies and roast them along with the banana flower in a large wok.
Its fantastic!
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Wow!This is a recipe you dont get to see everyday,I had something like this a long time ago and was pleasantly surprised to know that the banana flower is edible too.I love your recipes here. You know what,Foodista announced that they are going to publish the best food blogs in a full color book that will be published by Andrews McMeel Publishing this Fall 2010. It would be so great to see your blog and recipe featured in this book. You can find out more about it here http://www.foodista.com/blogbook. Hope you wont mind if I left this message here. I wanted to email you but couldn't find one, so I dropped this message instead. Hope you do join. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteHI Alisa,
ReplyDeleteThank you for the comments and encouragement. I didn't think my recipes were good enough to publish yet :) Can I submit any of my recipes? I will look into the site and book.
Also thanks for letting me know about the email, I didn't realize there wasn't a way for people to contact me discretely. I must figure out a way for that.
Shree