How to make Vazhakkai Poriyal Recipe / Plantain fry recipe

Here is another signature dish from the Madurai Cuisine! Vazhakai (plantain) fried in the style of a fish fry!! Once again signifies the bold flavours of Madurai!! Here’s how you can prepare a Madurai Special Vazhakkai Poriyal recipe. If you have missed our previous Madurai special recipes, click here!

Vazhakkai Poriyal Recipe

Recipe

Caution : You might keep cooking vazhakkai in this style in repeat mode after trying it once!!!

Ingredients:

• Vazhakkai (Plantain) – 1 big sized
• Cinnamon stick
• Cloves – 7 to 8 Nos.
• Cardamom – 3 to 4 Nos.
• Garlic – 4 to 5 cloves
• Fennel seeds – 1 teaspoon
• Turmeric powder – 1 teaspoon
• Chilly powder – 1 Tablespoon ( Can adjust accordingly to your spice preference)
• Salt – As required
• Oil – for frying

Preparation:

• Peel the skin of the plantain and cut into pieces like shown in image
• Deep fry these plantain pieces in oil

• Make paste of garlic, cinnamon, cloves, cardamom and fennel seeds
• Add turmeric powder, chilly powder and salt to this mixture.

• In a pan, heat oil and add the grounded paste
• After a minute, add the fried plantain pieces and keep frying until the plantain absorbs the paste and becomes crispy
• Our delicious Vazhakkai Varuval (Plaintain fry) is ready!!!!

Note:

• You can adjust the number of spices in accordance with the quantity of the plantain. The measurement mentioned here is for one nice big vazhakkai (Plantain) which would serve 4 people
• You can bake the plantain instead of deep frying if preferred
• Vazhakkai varuval goes well with curd rice, or sambar etc..
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