Banana Flower Thoran

Ingredients

1. Banana flower (Vazhakoombu in Malayalam)    1 medium size

2. Red gram (van payar in Malayalam)                   50 gm

3. Coconut (Grated)                                              one medium bowl

4. Cumin seeds (Jeera)                                          1 tea spoon

5. Dry Chili                                                            4

6. Turmeric   powder                                              ½ tea spoon

7. Garlic                                                                 1 clove   

8. Curry leaves                                                       1 strip

9. Oil                                                                      3 table spoons 

10. Mustard seeds                                                   1 tea spoon

11. Salt                                                                     1 ½ tea spoon

Preparation

Step 1:  Wash Banana flower   properly .Chop this finely.

Step 2:  Soak red gram over night. In 1 ½ cups of water cook this red gram. Drain the water after it is cooked.

                OR

Put red gram in pressure cooker and add 1 ½   cups of water.  After 8 whistles take this out and drain the water.

Step 3: Crush Coconut, 3 dry chili, turmeric powder, 3 curry leaves, cumin seeds and garlic clove.

Step 4: Heat oil in a frying pan and add mustard seeds. When mustard splutters add curry leaves and 1 dry chili (broken into two pieces).

Step 5: Add finely chopped banana flower and stir for 5 minutes. Add 3 table spoon of water to get cooked and stir for 10 minutes .Add cooked red gram and stir again. Then add crushed coconut mixture.  Stir well for 5 minutes. Add salt. Taste for salt and add more if required.