Pazham Pulissery

Pazham Pulissery: Pazham Pulissery is a traditional sweet and sour ripe banana curry. Pazham Pulissery is served in a typical Kerala sadya or Onam sadya towards the end of the meal. It is usually served as an accompaniment to rice. Pulissery is a spiced buttermilk curry with a coconut base. The coconut is ground with spices much like for thoran but the curry is sour (puli=sourness) due to the yogurt/buttermilk we add in.

Ingredients(serves 3):

• 1 Ripe banana
• 1 cup Coconut, grated
• 1 Green chillies
• 2 dried Red chillies
• 2 small Onion, chopped
• 1 tsp Mustard seeds
• 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder
• 1/4 tsp Cumin powder
• 1/4 tsp Fenugreek powder
• 500 ml Butter milk
• 2 sprig Curry leaves
• 1 tsp Sugar
• Salt, to taste
• Oil, for tempering
• Water, as required

Method:

• Grind grated coconut with green chillies, turmeric powder and cumin powder to a paste, in a blender.
• Cut ripe banana into medium-sized cubes.
• Put the cubed banana in a vessel along with required water.
• Cook it well.
• Heat 2 tbsp oil in a pan.
• Add the mustard seeds to the hot oil.
• When it splutters, add curry leaves along with chopped onions and red chillies.
• Mix well.
• Add fenugreek powder.
• Stir again.
• Add the coconut paste obtained by grinding.
• Stir well.
• Add the cooked banana.
• Pour some water.
• Stir well.
• Add sugar and salt.
• Mix the contents well.
• When it starts to boil, add butter milk.
• Stir well.
• Cook for 5 minutes.
• Pazham Pulissery is ready to be served.
• Serve Pazham Pulissery with steaming rice.

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