Vazhaithandu salad | banana stem chat recipe with easy step by step instructions and a video for your easy understanding and learning.

How to make Vazhaithandu salad | banana stem salad

This vazhaithandu salad or the banana stem salad which is also called as the banana stem chat is a healthy salad/chat recipe that helps in people to lose weight easily.

Vazhaithandu or the banana stem plays a vital role in most of the weight loss recipes as it is very high in fiber and also helps in curing kidney stones.

In most South Indian cooking, banana stem is used in different dishes and is also consumed raw sometimes. It is so beneficial to eat them raw as the whole fiber is taken directly. Such kind of recipe is what we are going to see today.

Some people do not like to eat raw, so if we prepare the banana stem in this method, they could not identify it as the banana stem as we mix them with different other veggies and fruits in this vazhaithandu salad.

The vazhaithandu salad | banana stem salad is very easy to make and here we can add our own favorite veggies and fruits. To get some crunchiness here, i have added corn flakes. If you like, you can add some mint chutney, green Chutey or some dates chutney or even the tomato sauce.

But here I have added only some chopped dates to give some sweetness and restricted to veggies only, as I prepare this for weightloss recipe.

You can see more chat or salad recipes below

• Boiled peanut chat
• Corn flakes chat
• Tomato Cucumber salad

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Recipe to make vazhaithandu salad

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Banana stem chat | Vazhaithandu Salad

This vazhaithandu salad or the banana stem salad which is also called as the banana stem chat is a healthy salad/chat recipe that helps in people to lose weight easily.

Course Salad, Snack

Cuisine Indian

Keyword banana stem chat, banana stem salad, vazhaithandu chat, Vazhaithandu salad

Prep Time 5 minutes minutes

Cook Time 0 minutes minutes

0 minutes minutes

Total Time 5 minutes minutes

Servings 2

Calories 100kcal

Author Akila

Ingredients

• Banana stem – 1 cup
• Tomato- 2 tbsp
• Onion – 2 tbsp
• Raw mango – 2 tbsp
• Cabbage – 2 tbsp
• Grated carrot- 2tbsp *
• Dates- 2 chopped finely
• Pomegranate seeds- 3 tbsp
• Coriander leaves- handful
• Salt as per taste
• Chilli powder – 1/4 tsp or as per taste
• Chat masala – little
• Lemon juice – little
• Green chilli – 1

Instructions

• Chop the banana stem very finely and store them in water squeezed with a little lemon juice. This is done to avoid banana stem turning into black. You can also store them in butter milk. keep all your other ingredients ready.
• Now filter the water and transfer the banana stem to a bigger bowl.
• To this add the onion, tomato and raw mango
• Also add the finely chopped cabbage and the green chilli. You can add some grated carrot and the cucumber if you like. If you are giving to kids, avoid green chillies.
• Include the dates and pomegranate seeds.
• To add some crunchiness to the salad, i have added little corn flakes. This step is purely optional. Also add the chilli powder. You can adjust the chilli powder as per your spice level. If giving to kids, avoid the chilli.
• Now add the required salt and chat masala. Adding chat masala is also purely optional.
• Squeeze some lemon juice and add handful of coriander leaves.
• Mix them well
• Serve them in a plate

Notes

check the below notes

Ingredients

• Banana stem – 1 cup
• Tomato- 2 tbsp
• Onion – 2 tbsp
• Raw mango – 2 tbsp
• Cabbage – 2 tbsp
• Grated carrot- 2tbsp *
• Dates- 2 chopped finely
• Pomegranate seeds- 3 tbsp
• Coriander leaves- handful
• Salt as per taste
• Chilli powder – 1/4 tsp or as per taste
• Chat masala – little
• Lemon juice – little
• Green chilli – 1

Step by step instructions for vazhaithandu chat

Chop the banana stem very finely and store them in water squeezed with a little lemon juice. This is done to avoid banana stem turning into black. You can also store them in butter milk. keep all your other ingredients ready.

Now filter the water and transfer the banana stem to a bigger bowl.

To this add the onion, tomato and raw mango

Also add the finely chopped cabbage and the green chilli. You can add some grated carrot and the cucumber if you like. If you are giving to kids, avoid green chillies.

Include the dates and pomegranate seeds.

To add some crunchiness to the salad, i have added little corn flakes. This step is purely optional. Also add the chilli powder. You can adjust the chilli powder as per your spice level. If giving to kids, avoid the chilli.

Now add the required salt and chat masala. Adding chat masala is also purely optional.

Squeeze some lemon juice and add handful of coriander leaves.

Mix them well

Serve them in a plate.

Yummy and tasty vazhaithandu salad | banana stem salad | banana stem chat is ready

Notes

1. Adding chilli powder and chat masala is optional. Also you can adjust them as per your taste level.
2. You can avoid corn flakes if you want to go for veggies and fruits alone.
3. You can add some chopped apple if you want.

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Aval Upma | Poha Upma south Indian Style

Aval Upma | Poha Upma south Indian Style recipe with step by step instructions for your easy understanding and learning.

This Aval Upma | Poha Upma south Indian Style is an easy and tasty breakfast which can be prepared in less than 10 minutes of time including the soaking time of the poha when using the thin poha. I used to prepare this for my kids lunch box also as it is easy to make in the morning hurry burry.

If you love this Aval Upma | Poha Upma south Indian Style, then do have a look at the below breakfast recipes.

• Rava Kichadi
• Oats smoothie
• Podi Oothappam
• Semiya Upma
• Coconut Sevai

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Aval Upma | Poha Upma south Indian Style

Aval Upma | Poha Upma south Indian Style is such a light breakfast recipe which is prepared in South Indian Style and can be taken by the people who wants to reduce their weight as it is very healthy yet tasty.

Course Breakfast

Cuisine Indian, South Indian

Prep Time 3 minutes minutes

Cook Time 5 minutes minutes

Soaking time 2 minutes minutes

Total Time 8 minutes minutes

Servings 3

Calories 200kcal

Author Akila

Ingredients

• Flattened Rice / Aval / pappa  egg stir - 1 cup
• Oil - 2 tbsp
• Mustard seeds - 1/4 tsp
• Urud dal - 3/4 tsp
• Channa dal / kadalai paruppu - 1.5 tsp
• Cumin seeds / jeeragam - 1/2 to 3/4 tsp
• Peanuts - little around 20 to 25
• Green chilli - 2
• Curry leaves - 1 spring
• Onion - 1 medium size
• Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
• Salt - as per taste
• Asafoetida - little
• Sugar - 1/2 tsp optional
• Lemon juice from half lemon optional
• Coriander leaves for garnishing
• Water as needed to soak/wet the aval

Instructions

• Take Thin Poha.
• Soak thin poha for about 2 to 3 min only, else it becomes very soggy. Also instead of soaking, take a filter and add the poha. Now add the water for a min until all the poha are fully wet.
• So now remove the poha and keep aside.
• In a pan, add little peanuts and fry for a while. If you are having fried peanuts already, you can use them too.
• Remove and keep aside.
• In the same kadai or pan, add 2 tsp oil.
• Add mustard, urud dal, channa dal and the fried peanuts.
• Fry them again slightly.
• Add the cumin seeds now and fry. This is added at a 2 to 3 min later, as the other dals need to be fried first.
• Add the curry leaves and chilli and again fry them.
• Include the onion now and saute them nicely.
• Once the onion is fried for half, add the turmeric, salt and asafoetida.
• Mix them nicely.
• Now add in the sugar and mix.
• Once the onion is sauted nicely, add the soaked flattened rice now.
• Mix them nicely and cover and cook for 2 min only. No need to add any water, else it will become very soggy.
• Add the lemon juice now, mix.
• again cover and cook for 2 more min.
• Garnish with coriander leaves and serve it.

Step by step instructions for Aval Upma | Poha Upma South Indian Style

Ingredients

Flattened Rice / Aval / pappa  egg stir – 1 cup
Oil – 2 tbsp
Mustard seeds – 1/4 tsp
Urud dal – 3/4 tsp
Channa dal / kadalai paruppu – 1.5 tsp
Cumin seeds / jeeragam – 1/2 to 3/4 tsp
Peanuts – little (around 20 to 25)
Green chilli – 2
Curry leaves – 1 spring
Onion – 1 medium size
Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp
Salt – as per taste
Asafoetida – little
Sugar – 1/2 tsp (optional)
Lemon juice from half lemon (optional)
Coriander leaves for garnishing
Water as needed to soak/wet the aval

Method to prepare Aval Upma  | Poha Upma South Indian Style

Take Thin Poha.

Soak thin poha for about 2 to 3 min only, else it becomes very soggy. Also instead of soaking, take a filter and add the poha. Now add the water for a min until all the poha are fully wet.

So now remove the poha and keep aside.

In a pan, add little peanuts and fry for a while. If you are having fried peanuts already, you can use them too.

Remove and keep aside.

In the same kadai or pan, add 2 tsp oil.

Add mustard, urud dal, channa dal and the fried peanuts.

Fry them again slightly.
Add the cumin seeds now and fry. This is added at a 2 to 3 min later, as the other dals need to be fried first.

Add the curry leaves and chilli and again fry them.

Include the onion now and saute them nicely.

Once the onion is fried for half, add the turmeric, salt and asafoetida.

Mix them nicely.

Now add in the sugar and mix.

Once the onion is sauted nicely, add the soaked flattened rice now.

Mix them nicely and cover and cook for 2 min only. No need to add any water, else it will become very soggy.

Add the lemon juice now, mix.


again cover and cook for 2 more min.

Garnish with coriander leaves and serve it.

Yummy and healthy, Aval Upma | Poha Upma is ready to be served.

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