VALAITHANDU PORIYAL WITH MOONG DAL

VALAITHANDU PORIYAL

1 cup chopped banana stems in thin moru.
1 tbs moong dal soaked and boiled
1 tbs grated coconut

1 tsp oil
½ tsp mustard seeds
½ tsp channa dal
½ tsp urad dal
¼ tsp asafoetida powder
2 dry red chillie cut into pieces
1 sprig curry leaves
little tumeric powder
salt to taste

Method;
Heat a wok with the oil,
Add in the mustard seeds, channa dal, urad dal.
Sauté for a minute, add in the curry leaves and red chillies.
Sauté them well.

Now squeeze out the thin moru from the stem.
Add in the cut banana stems to the wok.
Stir fry nicely, sprinkle little thin moru if needed.
Add salt, tumeric powder and stir fry till cooked.
Add in the boiled moong dal
Stir, fry again, lastly add in the grated coconut.
Stir, fry well and remove.
Serve with rice.