Vanpayar Vazhaipoo Thoran

Ingredientsfor 3 servings

• 1 cup Vanpayar / Cow peas
• 1-2 nos Vazhaipoo/ banana flower
• 2 tsp Green Chilli — chopped
• 5 nos Curry Leaves
• 2 tsp Garlic — chopped
• 1 tsp Ginger — chopped
• 2 tsp Coconut
• 1/4 cup Shallots — crushed
• 2-3 tsp Red Chilli Powder
• 1/4 tsp Turmeric Powder
• 1/4 tsp Fennel Powder
• Salt, to taste
• Coconut oil/ Refined Oil, as needed

Preparation

1. Step 1

   Soak the Payar (Cowpeas) for about half-an-hour and set aside.

2. Step 2

   Clean the Vaazhappoo and remove the outer layers and cut it into very thin pieces. Wash the pieces well, remove water from the pieces and keep it separately.

3. Step 3

   Change the soaked Payar into a cooking vessel/pressure cooker. Add some portion of the Red Chilli powder, Turmeric powder, Salt and 1 – 2 cups of water and cook the Payar properly.

4. Step 4

   When the Payar is cooked properly, turn off the heat and keep the cooked Payar separately.

5. Step 5

   Heat the oil in a Chennachatti, add Crushed Shallots/Onion, Curry leaves, Chopped Garlic, Green Chilli, Ginger and Coconut pieces and stir it well. When colour of these ingredients turns into golden/brown, add some Red Chilli powder, Turmeric powder and Fennel Powder and stir it further.

6. Step 6

   Next, add the Vaazhappoo pieces and required quantity of Salt and about ½ cup of Water and stir it well and cook the Vazhappoo pieces in medium flame for about ten minutes.

7. Step 7

   After about ten minutes, add the already cooked Payar into this mix and stir it further and cook this mix for another five minutes.

8. Step 8

   Vanpayar (Cowpeas), Vaazhappoo (Plantain Flower) Thoran is ready. This Thoran can serve with Dosa/Chappathi/Cooked Rice.