Banana flower/Blossom Dosai

‘ Banana flower/blossom  and stem’ are two things that I used to miss when I came to US in 2008. If anyone asks me my favorite veggie , word that comes without thinking would be Banana stem and the flower. I used to wonder ,how come American store ,that sell bananas and plantains so cheap don’t have these two.Even Indian stores did not have them . But was very happy to see them in Texas ,when we moved there . It was very fresh and also price was good. Nowadays it’s available in almost all big Indian stores .

Couple of years back when we visited India I saw a menu board in a restaurant in Salem the name ‘Vazhai poo dosai’ (banana flower dosai) . Since then I wanted to taste that but did not have any chance to do. Last week when we went to Indian store here got the flower ( though not that fresh as Texas ) , So wanted to try but since they say it has astringent taste  wasn’t  sure ,how to use it in dosai.

Before going to the recipe, let me tell ,little about the Banana flower/ blossom .It contains  calcium,potassium along with Vitamin A,C and E..it’s said to be good for controlling high BP and cholesterol and also diabetes.Apart from this it’s good source of antioxidants.Helps in support menstrual health and avert heart disease and kidney function and many more.

Anyways coming back to recipe,as I was not sure of how it would taste in dosai ,I decided to try adding same ingredients that I used for kollu dosai for this . And surprisingly we liked it.(since it’s corona time didn’t have chance to get opinion from others ) plz try out and leave your comments.Thanks..

Back to recipe..

Ingredients  for about 10 thin dosa

Dosa batter-3 ladle( medium size)

To Grind :

Small onion(shallot)-2or 3

Red chili-1or 2 ( according to taste )

Ginger- small piece 

Cumin seed-1/4 tsp

Banana flower/blossom Florets-30 to 35

Salt- a pinch or two

Water - few  tsp( just to grind these)

Oil-optional

Method:

1) Grind all the ingredients above .

2) Mix  well with the idly/ dosa batter .

3) Heat the dosa pan and make dosa .

4) Make dosa .close and cook for few minutes add oil if  you like. 

Serve hot with any chutney or sambar or both or even kurma and enjoy healthy dosa .

I think this is one best way to include this amazing healthy veggie in our kids diet who usual don’t like to eat these. And also to old people who find it difficult to bite this veggie.

Plz try this and give your feed back thanks 🙏

Will upload the video soon in my YouTube channel.