Senai Vazhakkai Molagootal (Yam and Raw Banana coconut gravy)

Molagootal as you can see is my favorite Kerala Iyer food. I had shared recipes for Yelavan Molagootal and Keerai Molagootal. Now its time for Senai Vazhakkai Molagootal. Mezhukku Varatti and Senai Vazhakkai Molagootal are two recipes in which I relish Vazhakkai (Raw Banana).

To the recipe now.

Ingredients:

Senai (Yam) - 250gm, skinned diced to 1"
Vazhakkai (Raw Banana) - 1, skinned diced to 1"
Coconut - 1 cup, shredded
Thoram paruppu (toor dal) - 1 cup, cooked
Red chillies, whole - 1
Ullundu (urad dal) - 1 tsp
Kadugu (mustard seeds) - 1 tsp
Jeeragam (jeera) - 1 tsp
Manjal podi (turmeric) - 1 tsp
Curry leaves - 4 leaves
Salt - to taste
Oil - 1 tsp



In a pressure cooked, cook in two layers. On the bottom, add yam and raw banana with turmeric. Add just enough water to cover the vegetables. On top, add enough water to cook toor dal. Now put the pressure cooker on the stove and cook for three whistles or until dal is cooked.

In a small pan, heat oil. Add urad dal and chillies. Fry till dal is pink. Add dal and chillies to coconut, jeera, and grind to a smooth mixture. Do not add the frying oil to the grinding mixture, we will reuse this oil.

Add the grind mixture to the vegetables and dal, when they are cooked. Add salt, bring to boil. Switch off stove.

Tempering - Heat the same small pan with the leftover oil. Splutter mustard seeds, and tear and add curry leaves. Add this to Molagootal.

Enjoy with Pachadi or Thogayal.


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Molagootal without molagu how
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