Pindi Thoran ( Banana Stem )

  There are many ways of cooking this. One of the way i cook is given below.

Ingredients

1. Banana Stem  Chopped- 2 cup
2. Green Chilly-4
3. Onion Shallots- 5 No
4. Coconut Grated-1 cup
5. Turmeric Powder-1 1/2 tsp
6. Mustard Seeds - little
7. Salt to taste
8. Oil 

How to Cut Banana Stem

1. Remove the outer layers of the Banana Stem . ( See above Picture 1 and Picture 2)
2. Slice it to round pieces. ( Picture 3)
3. Cut into form of squares.

How to Cook

1. Grind the onion shallots and 2 green chillies  .
2. Heat oil in an pan , splutter mustard seeds and add the above grinded paste to it and saute for a minute.
3. Add the chopped banana stem with turmeric powder , green chilly, salt and close the pan with a lid and cook for sometime.
4. After it gets half cooked , add the grated coconut and again close the lid and cook. Make sure the vegetable is cooked.
5. Garnish with Curry leaves

Tip : 1) Adding red chilly and cumin 1/2 tsp is optional.
2) Grinding the coconut  with onion shallots and  green chilly at first is another option. You can add this grinded paste after the banana stem is cooked. Then garnish with curry leaves.