Vazhai Thandu/Banana Tree Stem Kootu

Vazhai Thandu/Banana Tree Stem is very good for health. Its raw juice is good for Kidney stones and for kidney related problems.

Ingredients
Vazhai Thandu/Banana Tree Stem - 1 no
Pasi Paruppu/Moong Dal/Split green gram - 1 cup (soaked in water for 1 hour)
Grated coconut - 1 cup
Green Chilli  3 nos (As per your taste)
Jeera/Cumin Seeds - 1 tspn
Black Peppercons - 4-5 nos(Optional)
Salt
Buttermilk - 1/2 cup
Water as required
A broken Wooden stick piece to stir and remove string like.

Seasoning/Talipu
Coconut Oil or any cooking oil -2 tspns
Mustard - 1/2 tspn
Hing/Asafotida - a pinch
Curry leaves - few

Preparation Method
Remove 2-3 layers of the stem or till you get tender stem.
Wash cut Vazhai Thandu into round thin slices, in between you will be getting Naaru/ string like keep removing them.
Cut into small pieces.
In a bowl, add water and butter milk. Add the chopped pieces.
Take the broken wooden stick piece and keep mixing. You will see the naaru/strings coming keep removing them.
The tender ones can be cooked as it is.
In a wide kadai/wok, add the chopped vazhai thandu and paasi paruppu. Add water and cook well.
Grind coconut, jeera and green chilli to fine paste.
Mix it with the cooked vazhai thandu and boil it.
Add salt and season it with the above ingredients.

This is good combination for chapathi or steamed rice.

Sweet Corn Soup

After posting my Vegetable Soup, I thought of continuing posting Soup recipes this week. Sweet Corn Soup is my favourite one whenever I go to restuarants. My son also loves soups.

Ingredients
Sweet Corn -  1/2 tin
Milk - 1/2 cup
Water- 2cups
Pepper powder - 1/2 tspn(As per your taste)
Corn flour -  1 tspn
Salt as per taste

Preparation Method
Take little portion of the corn and grind coarsely with little milk in mixie. wip it once or twice.
Heat a vessel or bowl with 2 to 3 cups of water, add corn, grounded mixture, little salt and allow it to boil.
Then mix corn flour with little water and make a paste. Pour it and mix well. Add leftover milk too.
Allow it to boil in low flame. Add pepper powder according to your taste and a pinch of sugar(optional)
Boil till the soup becomes thick. Check for salt.

Sweet Corn Soup is ready to serve.

Vegetable Soup

Soups are soothing for Winter and also when having cold. This is simple and quick.

Ingredients

Carrot, Beans & Cabbage - 1 cup chopped thinly.

Ginger & Garlic - 1 no. chopped or mashed.

Soya Sauce - 1 tspn

Water -  2 cups

Pepper powder - 1/2 tspn (As per your taste)

Salt

Preparation Method

In a wide vessel, add vegetables, ginger and garlic, salt with water. Boil well till veggie is half cooked.

Add pepper and soya sauce, mix well.

Add water check salt.

Serve hot.

This recipe is going to Healing Food Ginger Garlic at my space started by Siri.