VAAZHAIPOO /BANANA BLOSSOM BIRIYANI

Frying all the masalas before cooking is biriyani. Biriyani is the tempting dish. It’s a favorite dish for all age factors. Why can’t we make it with ingredients?. This Vaazhaipoo/Banana Blossom Biriyani is a delicious and healthy one to have. Banana blossom/Vaazhaipoo is a boon to all women, there are more benefits of Vaazhaipoo - It is the best home remedy for PCOS, excessive bleeding, treats all uterus problems, and keeps healthy. It is good to have during pregnancy time to prevent constipation and it helps to increase the breast milk supply for lactating mothers. check with the link for more Vazhaipoo recipes => Vazzhaipoo/Banana blossom poriyal , Vazhaipoo /banana blossom kola. Even though Banana blossom has starchy taste, you can make it tastier by this recipe.  Here, I will explain to you how to make Banana Blossom Biriyani which is more famous in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

                                             

Come!! I will share with you all the step by step procedure and pictorial method of making Vaazhaipoo/Banana Blossom biriyani that makes your kitchen smell with the aroma of biriyani the whole day.

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Course: Veg –Main course	Prep Time:25minutes	Cook Time:40 minutes
Cuisine: Indian	Serving: 3	Author: Bhuvana Devi

                                            Note: * 1 cup = 235 ml

    Ingredients:

•      Seeraga samba rice -1.5 cups (water ratio (1: 2))
•      Banana Blossom –1 cups
•      Coconut oil  -2 tbsp
•      Ghee- 1 tbsp
•      Ginger Garlic paste-2 tbsp
•      Green Chilly -2
•      Tomato -1  (Small size)
•      Big onion- 1 (Medium sized)
•      Curd- 1 tbsp
•      Half Lemon Juice
•    Chili powder- 1tsp
•      Turmeric powder- 1/2tsp
•      Biriyani Powder-  2 tbsp
•      Coconut pieces – 5 (2 inches)
•      Bay leaf -2
•      Cinnamon- 2( 2 inches)
•      Cloves-3
•      Cardamom-4
•      Star Anise -1
•      Coriander leaves  &mint leaves -  ¼ cup each
•      Salt- req 

Check this link for making Different Biriyani recipes=> Vegetable- Bread biryani, Mushroom Biriyani, Dindigul Thalapakatti Chicken Biriyani.

PREPARATION:

• Cleaning Vaazhaipoo/Banana Blossom:   TakeVaazhaipoo/Banana Blossom, open the feathery petals which is not edible,  you find the florets , inside the flower, you can see the match stick like stem and transparent papery petal i.e.; calyx & pistil remove  this two as it tastes bitter, chop & soaks it in the buttermilk to avoid discoloring.
•   Masala paste:  Take a blender, add, coconut pieces, mint & coriander leaves, Fennel seeds, add little water and blend it into a smooth paste and keep it aside.
•   Chop the onions, tomato finely, Slit green chilies.
•  Wash and soak rice in water for 20 minutes. Then drain the water and keep the rice aside.

INSTRUCTIONS

1.   Take pressure to heat oil & ghee, once it gets heated, add cloves, Cinnamon stick and cardamom cumin seeds, bay leaf. Sauté it.

2.   Add chopped onion and green chili. Sauté well

3.   Add ginger-garlic paste. Sauté well until the raw smell goes away.

4.   Add the coconut, mint coriander paste and sauté well.

5. Then, add chopped tomato, salt, turmeric powder and chili powder, Biriyani powder. Saute well for a few mins.

6.   Now add the cleaned banana blossom/ Vazhaipoo and mix and sauté well until raw smell goes away.

7.   Add the ½ tbsp curd and mix well.

8.  Add 3 cups water, ½ lemon juice. Mix well. Allow the mixture to boil well. Add half lemon juice. After the mixture boils well and foam forms, add soaked rice, mix well, and check for salt.

9.   Close the pressure cooker with lid and cook it for 4 whistles in medium flame.

10. Once the pressure is gone, do not disturb it for  10 more minutes. And open the cooker, fluff it gently using a spoon.

                 Serve the delicious Vaazhaipoo Biriyani with onion raitha.

Step by step Pictorial method:

Step1: TakeVaazhaipoo/Banana Blossom, open the feathery petal which is not edible, you find the florets, inside the flower, you can see the match stick like stem and transparent papery petal i.e.; calyx & pistil remove this two as it tastes bitter, chop & soaks it in the buttermilk to avoid discoloring.

        

Step2: Take a blender, add, coconut pieces, mint & coriander leaves, Fennel seeds, add little water and blend it into a smooth paste and keep it aside.

Step3: Wash and soak rice in water for 20 minutes. Then drain the water and keep the rice aside.

Step4: Take pressure to heat oil & ghee, once it gets heated, add cloves, Cinnamon stick and cardamom cumin seeds, bay leaf. Sauté it.

Step5:  Add chopped onion and green chili. Sauté well.

Step6: Add ginger-garlic paste. Sauté well until the raw smell goes away.

Step7: Add the coconut, mint coriander paste and sauté well. 

 

Step8: Then, add salt, turmeric powder, chili powder, Biriyani powder.  chopped tomato Saute well for a few mins.

 

Step9: Now add the cleaned banana blossom/ Vazhaipoo and mix and sauté well until raw smell goes away.

 

Step10: Add the ½ tbsp curd and mix well.

 

Step11:  Add 3 cups water, ½ lemon juice. Mix well. Allow the mixture to boil well.  After the mixture boils well and foam forms, add soaked rice, mix well, and check for salt.

 

Step12: Close the pressure cooker with lid and cook it for 4 whistles in medium flame.

Step13: Once the pressure is gone, do not disturb it for  10 more minutes. And open the cooker, fluff it gently using a spoon.

                                      

Step14: Serve the delicious Vaazhaipoo Biriyani with onion raitha.

Serve the tasty Mushroom gravy along with, Vazhaipoo /banana blossom kola, onion raita to stimulate your taste buds. 

   

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