Valaipoo Karimbdh | Bale Hoovu Palya | Banana Flower Curry

Hope you all had a wonderful Holidays! I am back after a long break.

Coming up a new recipe Valaikaipoo in tamil(iyengar), In Kannada BaleHoovu Palya it is very rich protein and best for white rice and rasam rice. Banana flower prepared for cooking by oil or boiled or pressure cooker.It takes longer time and also remover outer part.

PrepTime : 20 Mins
Cooking Time : 25-30 Mins

Ingredients

• Valaipoo / Banana Flower - 1
• Karivappale / Curry leaves - 1 string
• Pachmalaka / Green chillies - 1 or 2, chopped
• Thenga / Coconut grated - 2 tbsp
• Yenmchinga rasu / Lemon juice - 1 tbsp
• Salt to taste
• Kothambri / Corinader leaves - 2 tbsp chopped

Tempering

• Oil - 2 tbsp
• Kadag / Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
• Kadalparppu / Chana Dal(split yellow dal) - 1 tsp
• Perigyaum / Hing / Asafoetida - 1/4 tsp

Method

1. Remove all the leaves as shown in above pictures 
2. Chop them finely and soak in a water or neer mor (buttermilk) cook in a medium flame with water or place it in the pressure cooker wait until one whistle ( do not add water to the chopped flower)
3. Take a pan heat add oil then add mustard seeds allow to splutter then add chana dal , chillies, hing, curry leaves stir fry till dal turns golden color then add cooked flower stir fry 
4. Add salt and coconut saute for few mins. Remove from the stove 
5. Add lemon juice and coriander leaves serve with hot white rice or rasam rice

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Mohanthal

Mohantal is a Gujarati besan burfi. This is easy to prepare. The preparation for this has a slight difference in technique than other burfi's like besan burfi. I would say within 20-30 mins we can prepare this sweet dish.

Prep Time : 15 Mins
Cook Time : 10 Mins

Ingredients

• Besan / Gram flour - 1 cup  
• Milk - 2 tbsp
• Sugar - 2 cups 
• Kesar / Saffron strands - few
• Ghee (desi ghee, clarified butter) - 1&1/2 cups
• Nuts - Pistachios & Almond (soaked and chopped)
• Cardamom powder - 1/2 tsp
• Water - 1/4 cup

 Method

1. In a bowl mix besan  , milk and 2 tbsp of ghee and keep aside for few mins
2. In a medium pan add sugar and water bring to boil stir occasionally bring into 2 string consistency
3. In a blender add besan blend pulse for 2 times
4. In a nonstick pan add ghee in a medium flame then add besan mixture stir well so that besan mix well into a ghee stir for 5 mins 
5. Then add sugar syrup, saffron & cardamom powder mix well keep stirring till the mixture thickens and leaves the sides of the pan. 
6. Turn off flame and transfer the Mohanthal mixture into the greased pan
7. Cut the Mohanthal into squares and allow it to cool on the tray for more than a couple of hours to set. Once cooled completely, separate the precutpieces and serve.

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