Let me pause and look back the festival treats that have been posted in a row since a month. All of them were either sugar loaded or oil loaded which reminds me to figure out the way to control food chaos in my real life. So usually after a festival or celebration or party I look for ways to cook meal that is more towards detoxification and health.

Mother nature has provided all the goodness of medicines in the form of many herbs, fruits and vegetables with which we can attain utmost health. We are the ones who lack the knowledge of choosing right medicine from nature earth but our ancestors have helped us to some extent in this regard. One such wonderful natural gift is banana stem that can be cooked in various ways to in take it’s fiber and get detoxified ourselves.

I have chosen to introduce this banana stem in this blog through a very easy and comforting raita. Banana stem raita has coconut and yogurt which gives a kind of thick, dense texture. It also has few basic spices that can soothe our taste buds plus coriander leaves to contribute in flavor.

It’s wise to consume banana stem raita once every fortnight so that toxins are flushed off from our body. So learn this simple recipe and get going with good health.

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Banana Stem Raita | Plantain Stem Raita Recipe

It's a detoxifying side dish. Banana stem is said to detoxify human body. Banana stem raita is a yummy side dish.

Prep Time10

Cook Time2

Total Time12

Course: Side Dish

Cuisine: Karnataka

Servings: 3 people

Author: Sumana

Ingredients

Banana stem chopped- 1/2 cup
Fresh grated coconut- 1/2 cup
Yogurt- 1/2 cup
Green chillies- 2 nos.
Cumin seeds- 1/4 tsp
Ginger chopped- 1/4 tsp
Coriander leaves- Handful
Salt- 1 tsp

Seasoning ingredients

Cooking oil- 2 tsp
Mustard seeds- 1/2 tsp
Cumin seeds- 1/2 tsp
Curry leaves- Few

Instructions

Preparation

When you buy banana stem from the vegetable shop, you have to prepare the same for cooking by peeling off the stem till you obtain a tender inner core which cannot be peeled further.
Next as you start slicing the stem horizontally in to discs, you will notice lots of fiber clinging to the stem. Remove all the fiber using your fingers and continue chopping. Keep the chopped stem immersed in water.

Method

Take all the ingredients of raita except yogurt in a mixer and grind them together in to fine paste.
Pour the ground paste in to the yogurt bowl and combine well. You can adjust consistency by adding some water. However the raita should be thick and dense ideally.
Heat a seasoning pan adding all the 'seasoning ingredients' in the list one after the other, when mustard seeds sizzle and crackle pour it over raita.
Comforting and healthy banana stem raita is ready to relish as rice side dish.

Notes

Always use fresh and thick yogurt for raita that way it wouldn't turn too sour.
Do not skip coriander leaves which will add unique flavor and color to raita.
This banana stem raita is said to be very good in removing toxins from body. So use it in your menu at least once in a month.