Plantain (Vazhakaai) Kurma - Chettinad Style

Ingredients:

Vazhakaai - 2 (medium size)
Onion - 2
Ginger Garlic paste - 1 tbsp
Coriander powder - 1 tst
Curry Leaves, coriander leaves - Little
Salt, Oil, water - As reqd

To Grind:

Coconut - 2-3 tbsp
Garlic pods - 4-5
Roasted gram - 1 tbsp
Onion - 1 (roughly chopped)
Coriander seeds - 1 tbsp
Fennel seeds - 1 tsp
Cloves - 2
Cinamon - small piece
Red Chilly - 5
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp

Method:

• Cut plantain into cubes, put in water and keep aside.
• Heat a pan and dry roast cloves,cinamon,coriander seeds, fennel seeds and red chilly.
• Transfer this to a plate.
• Now heat little oil and add onion, garlic pods and saute nicely.
• Then add coconut, roasted gram and turmeric powder and saute.
• Now transfer this to the same plate.
• Grind it to a paste once cool.
• Now heat oil in pan and add onion and saute.
• Then add ginger garlic paste and saute for a while.
• Add curry leaves and then grinded paste.
• Add required water and add platains.
• Add required salt and cook in low flame till platain turns soft.
• Garnish with coriander leaves and serve.

Note:
You can add a pinch of hing instead of ginger garlic paste.
Can add water if gravy is too thick.