Plantain Stem Soup/vazhaithandu Soup
Ingredients
small Plaintain Stem/Vazhaithandu - 1 (clean,wash and cut into cubes)
Water - 5cups
Garlic(finely chopped) - 1pod
small Ginger(Finely chopped) - a piece
Onion(Finely chopped) - 1tablespoon
Spring Onion(Finely chopped) - 1tablespoon
Coriander Leaves(Finely chopped) - 2tablespoon
inch Vegetable stock cube - 1(dissolve water)
Cumin/Jeera Powder - 1teaspoon
inch Corn Flour - 1teaspoon dissolved 2teaspoons milk or water
Ajinamoto - a pinch
Pepper for taste
Salt for taste.
Butter - 1tablespoon
Note:If you dont get stock cube u can very well use rasam powder.In that case u can avoid cumin powder coz rasam powder will hav
Preparation
1
Heat butter in a sauce pan.Add garlic and ginger and saute for 1min.
2
Add onion and springonions.saute for 2mins.
3
Add Plantain stem and saute for 5mins.
4
Add water and cumin powder bring it to boil.close it with a lid and allow plantain stem to cook.
5
Once plantain stem is half done,add stock cube,required salt and stir it continuously for 2mins.
6
Now add cornflour which is dissolved in water and stir continously till it comes to soup consistency.
7
Finally add a pinch of Ajinamoto and pepper for taste.Garnish with Coriander leaves.
8
Serve either with masala papad,salad,corn flakes or soup stick
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About
a healthy plantain stem soup.
Yield:
4.0
Added:
Friday, February 19, 2010 - 1:31am
