Category Vazhaipoo Recipes

Vazhaipoo Pakoda – Banana Blossom Fritters

February 23, 2021 Pakoda RecipesSnacks / StartersVazhaipoo Recipes  No comments

Vazhaipoo Pakoda is a healthy, tea time snack. Vazhaipoo or Banana Blossom is known for its health benefits. This pakoda is a super easy snack, once you are done with cleaning the vazhaipoo. Do check the Vazhaipoo Cleaning Video. Cleaning the vazhaipoo is a time consuming task, but it is worth the effort. Kids might not like Vazhaipoo, this pakoda is a perfect way to sneak in Vazhaipoo. Do check out my other Vazhaipoo recipes.

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Vazhaipoo Paruppu Usili – Vazhaipoo Usili

September 10, 2019 Kootu / Poriyal VarietiesVazhaipoo Recipes  No comments

Vazhaipoo Paruppu Usili is a traditional recipe. Paruppu Usili is nothing but a blend of lentils and spices, which is then mixed with vazhaipoo or other veggies. Paruppu Usili can be made with beans, cluster beans too. It is actually a handy recipe to increase the quantity of poriyal when u end up buying a little less of the veggie. It tastes awesome with Mor Kuzhambu. Mor Kuzhambu & Beans Usili is the normal “Hit” combo at home. This was good too. 🙂  Cleaning Vazhaipoo is a cumbersome task, but it is worth its health benefits. Check HERE for the cleaning process with video.

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Vazhaipoo Thuvaiyal – Banana Flower Chutney

June 19, 2018 Chutney RecipesVazhaipoo Recipes  No comments

Vazhaipoo Thuvaiyal is an easy and healthy chutney variety. This goes well with rice and with dosa too. Vazhaipoo has loads of health benefits. Cleaning it is the only hard part but it is worth the efforts. But once that is done its very easy to make this chutney. Click HERE to see how to clean Vazhaipoo (procedure with video for easy reference). Do check my Vazhaipoo Adai and Vazhaipoo Vadai recipes.

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Vazhaipoo Adai – Banana Flower Adai

March 23, 2018 Breakfast/DinnerVazhaipoo Recipes  One comment

Adai is a South Indian crepe made with rice & mixed lentils. Vazhaipoo Adai is an added healthier version. Vazhaipoo has loads of health benefits. This Vazhaipoo Adai is made by adding chopped vazhaipoo to the batter. It will be crispy. We have started including vazhaipoo in our diet regularly, atleast once in a month. Chotu really likes it. Though the cleaning process is a time consuming one, it is worth the effort. Click HERE to see how to clean Vazhaipoo.

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Vazhaipoo Vadai – Banana Flower Vada

February 6, 2018 Snacks / StartersVazhaipoo Recipes  4 comments

Vazhaipoo Vadai has been in my list since a long time. Finally made it. This is quite similar to Masal Vadai with a few changes in the ingredients. And as the name suggests Vazhaipoo is the star of this recipe. Vazhaipoo or Banana Flower is a veggie that all might like, especially because of its long cleaning process. I had recently posted about how to clean it. Once you are done with that process this Vadai is an easy one. Trust me these vadais with Vazhaipoo are so crispy.

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How to clean Vazhaipoo – Banana Flower

January 22, 2018 BasicsVazhaipoo Recipes  2 comments

How to clean Vazhaipoo! This post is a “Back to Basics” post. Vazhaipoo is a power-packed vegetable. It is known for its various health benefits like regulating/reducing blood sugar levels, increase haemoglobin & of course has a lot of nutrients. I agree cleaning Vazhaipoo is a time consuming process. But trust me! It is worth the time spent for its health benefits. Just have a look at the video and see how easy it is. It is just time consuming & not difficult. So listen to some music or watch TV and do this job. It will be easy 🙂

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