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Friday, May 11, 2012

Vazhakkai Roast | Crispy Raw Plantain!

Author: Saraswathi Iyer | Posted at: 5:11 PM | Filed Under: M-I-L SPECIALITIES, PORIYAL(CURRY), SIDE DISH, STEP BY STEP RECIPES, TAMILNADU, VEGETABLES

Crispy flavoured Vazhakkai/Raw Plantain Roast is a popular in Tamil Nadu non-brahmin homes. Its very tasty and flavoured. This recipe was taught by my MIL and she told it will be very nice. I tasted it for the first time and like it.

Here goes the recipe.

Ingredients
Vazhakkai/Raw Plantain - 1 no (medium size slice)
Rice flour - 1 tablespoon
Red chilli powder - 1 tspn(As per your spice taste)
Turmeric powder - 2 pinches
Asafotida/Hing - 2 pinches
Salt

Oil for shallow fry.

Preparation Method

Wash, remove skin and cut vazhakkai into medium slices.

Mix all the other ingredients to form a smooth paste.

Apply on the veggie. Leave for few mins.

Heat a skillet/tawa and put oil on it. When its hot.

Cook on one side flip/turnover and pour little oil and cook on other side too until crisp.

Vazhakkai Roast | Crispy Raw Plantain is ready to serve.

Serving suggestion : Enjoy with hot sambar rice/rasam rice or curd rice.

17 comments:

Hari Chandana P on May 11, 2012 at 5:57 PM said...: Woww.. nice and tempting recipe dear.. Yummy !!Indian Cuisine
Indian Khana on May 11, 2012 at 6:05 PM said...: I just love this ..looks so yum
Shobha on May 11, 2012 at 6:41 PM said...: Looks really yummy..will try this one.
Sangeetha Nambi on May 11, 2012 at 6:46 PM said...: Love this with Sambar & Keerai...
Akila on May 11, 2012 at 7:37 PM said...: Wow my hubby's favourite
Spice up the Curry on May 11, 2012 at 9:00 PM said...: yummy roast. nice recipe
Nalini's Kitchen on May 11, 2012 at 10:40 PM said...: Wow!!looks yummy and crispy........
Jillu on May 11, 2012 at 10:43 PM said...: looks wonderful!
Sujaa Sriram on May 11, 2012 at 11:45 PM said...: Hi saras,

My mom does this way. Even i did that and now its my husband's favourite :)
Shama Nagarajan on May 12, 2012 at 12:36 AM said...: love this fry
Unknown on May 12, 2012 at 12:52 AM said...: very new, like it.
KrithisKitchen on May 12, 2012 at 3:48 AM said...: I love vazhaikai cooked this way... long time since I had these..
Serve It - Preserved
Teena on May 12, 2012 at 7:07 AM said...: Looks so tasty & tempting!!!
Sara on May 12, 2012 at 12:36 PM said...: Thank you friends for your lovely comments.
Love2cook Malaysia on May 12, 2012 at 8:41 PM said...: This is my Mum's fav...and I love too ;)
Pragyan on May 14, 2012 at 10:20 AM said...: This looks easy-peasy! :) Love the plantain fries my mom makes but feel strange making it myself for some reason! :)
Priya Suresh on May 14, 2012 at 4:54 PM said...: Super crispy roast,simply love with sambar rice.