My mom used to feed us quite often with countryside vegetables, eventhough we wont wish to have them, but i regret very much now whenever i saw the price of those veggies, yep its quite expensive here when compared to the veggies we get from french farmer's market, i never stopped buying our Indian veggies even its very much expensive often, coz i wanted to feed my kids with those veggies...Even its quite a hard task for me to feed them, i never stopped making different dishes with our veggies..Banana blossom is one among those veggies, i usually prepare them as paruppu usili ,fritters or else as dumpling, its been a while i havent had them as simple stir fry and i prepared them yesterday for our lunch, even the cleaning the fresh banana blossom needs much more time than preparing this dish..I simply enjoyed them with rice and papads,needless to say that this stir fry is very much healthier than fried ones..
1no Banana flower (cleaned & soaked in buttermilk)
3nos Dry red chillies (broken)
1tsp Mustard seeds+urad dal
1no Onion (big & chopped)
1/2tsp Asafoetida powder
2tbsp Rolled oats or grated coconut
1/4tsp Turmeric powder
Salt
Oil
Heat enough oil, let splutter the mustard seeds,urad dal, add the chopped onions, broken red chillies, curry leaves and asafoetida one by one,fry everything for few minutes, add the chopped florets, drain the soaked buttermilk before adding, add the turmeric powder and salt..
Cook in simmer with lid closed, open and keep cooking for few minutes the stir fry turns dry, add the rolled oats or grated coconut and put off the stove..Serve with plain rice or as side dish..
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