Vazhaikkai(Raw Banana)

Home made Plantain Chips(Nendran Vazhakkai chips)

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These plantain chips are my mom’s specialty. When plantains are in season in my hometown, my dad would get a whole thaar(the whole branch of plantains), and my mom would make plantain chips, by setting up a stove on the open terrace of our house. She would make the chips to fill two tall steel … [Read more…]

Vazhakkai Milagu kari(Raw banana pepper fry)

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I am not a big fan of raw banana or vazhaikkai. I am not sure why. But, I love this particular preparation of vazhaikkai. It is made by freshly grinding pepper along with a few other spices, and the masala just makes this dish wonderful. I love it in combination with rasam and rice. A … [Read more…]