Koobum Payarum(Banana flower-Green gram dal) Thoran

This is a nice dry dish with lot of nutrients. Banana Flower is fiber rich and has lot of vitamins. More than that it has got many medicinal properties . Then green gram dal, its one of the very good in its family with lot of proteins and crab. This dal wont make you heavy or wont create gas problem. So in total its a great dish.

Vazha koombu /Banana flower - 1

Green gram dal - 1/2 cup

turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp

coconut grated - 1/4 to 1/2 cup

green chillies - 1

salt to taste

oil

mustard

curry leaves

Clean and chop finely the vazha koombu and immerse it in water mixed with turmeric powder for 15 minutes.

If you are not familiar with it; remove the purple covers over it until you are no longer able to take it off and it will be yellow in colour. Save the flowers you find on the way.

To clean the flowers you need some patience. If you plan to use that separate the tough parts, the stigma and transparent cover, otherwise discard that.

Finely chop all and soak in turmeric water.

Pressure cook green gram dal with enough water and salt.

Squeeze out the water from the chopped vazha koombu.

In a pan add 2 tsp of oil, splutter mustard and curry leaves and add chopped koombu.

Saute for about 5 minutes.

Crush coconut and green chilly.

Add the cooked green gram dal and crushed coconut.

Check for salt.

Saute for a couple of minutes until its dry.

Done.