Vazhaithandu mor kootu is a healthy and easy-to-make dish which I learnt from my grandmother.
What you need
Banana stem (vazaithandu) – 300 gm
Sour buttermilk - 1 cup
Green chillies - 5-7
Coconut, grated - 1/2 cup
Rock salt – to taste
For the seasoning
Coconut oil – 1 tbsp
Mustard seeds – a few
Curry leaves – a few
Cooking instructions
Cut the vazaithandu into small pieces and soak for ten minutes in water with very little sour curd mixed in it.
Grind coconut, green chillies and curry leaves together into a paste.
In a heavy bottom pan add little water, turmeric and salt. Boil the vazaithandu. Now add the ground paste along with the buttermilk and allow to cook for 15 minutes. Stir regularly.
Add one tbsp of coconut oil and switch off the flame. Add the seasoning to it. Serve hot with vathakuzhambu.
(Shoba Jagannath is a homemaker for whom cooking is a passion.)
