BANANA BLOSSOM UTTAPPA, BANANA BLOSSOM ADAI

Banana blossom adai  or uttappa  is made with red puzhungal arisi (boiled brown rice) which is used for making idli and dosa in South side.  This adai is not with lentils like the normal adai we make.  It is a plain rice adai (we call it verum arisi adai means only with rice ), healthy, nutritious too along with banana flower.

banana flower uttappa

Let us look at the recipe now:

Ingredients:

1 cup brown rice
3/4 cup banana flower chopped
1 tsp green chilli paste
1/2 tsp ginger paste
a pinch of asafoetida
3 tbsp fresh grated coconut
3 tbsp chopped coriander leaves
2 onions chopped
salt to taste
oil for making uttappa

Method:

wash and soak the rice for 4-5 hours and grind to smooth paste.
pressure cook the banana flower with salt without adding water in it for 1-2 whistles.
after cooling, take out the flower from the cooker. if there is water, drain out.
add the flower in the batter, asafoetida, freshly grated coconut, coriander leaves, ginger, chilli paste, salt, coriander leaves, mix well.

Heat a non stick tava, smear with oil and pour a laddleful of batter on to it.  spread it lightly.  when it starts drying, drizzle oil on top of it and flip to cook.  cook both the sides well and serve hot with any kind of chutney.

a healthy, tasty breakfast is ready.  This is a diet friendly recipe.

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