KOLLU VAZHATHANDU ADAI, HORSEGRAM BANANA STEM CREPE

Horsegram and banana stem both are having health benefits which is given separately at the bottom of the recipe.  

I had some kulith which I wanted to finish it off and a small piece of banana stem.  Since I was not in a mood to prepare any subzi, roti or rice, I thought of making the adai with these two ingredients.

I had soaked the rice, kulith early in the morning hence I could grind it in the afternoon by 1.00 pm. and I prepared the adai for lunch.  Watch on you tube:

Let us look at the recipe now:

Author: Raji Ramakrishnan
Cuisine: South Indian
Category: Breakfast recipes.

Ingredients:

¼ cup	Horsegram
¼ cup	Rice
½ cup	Roughly chopped banana stem
Handful	Chana dal
4-5  sprigs	Curry leaves
2	Red chilli
1	Green chilli (optional)
¼ tsp	Black pepper
¼ tsp	Cumin seeds
	Generous pinch of asafoetida
2 tbsp	Grated coconut
	Salt
Oil	For making the crepe

Method:
 
1.       Soak the kulith, rice, chana dal, red chilli for 4-5 hours

2.       Chop the banana stem roughly
3.       Grind banana stem along with red chilli

4.       Add the rice, kulith, etc and grind coarsely.
5.       Add the curry leaves, coconut , black pepper, cumin seeds and pulse it for a minute
6.       Remove from the mixi container
7.       Add salt, mix well.  batter is ready.

8.       Heat a tava.  In your palm, take the batter and put on the tava and spread it with your fingers.  you can make whole on top of the adai and drizzle the oil on it.  Best tastes with gingelly oil.



  Cook both the sides with oil till brown.  Your kollu vazhatandu adai is read.
How to serve:
 
Serve hot with chutney, sambar or avial  or white butter and jaggery.
 

Note:  If you want, you can add onion while making the adai.

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Health benefits of Banana stem:

Banana stem is rich in fiber and helps weight loss.  Due to rich content, it helps body to feel full faster.  The intake of food gets reduced by including banana stem to diet.  It can be taken in the form of juice, but eating it as a whole provides more benefits. Including it once or twice a week can help people looking for ways to cut down extra pounds.

Like banana, banana stem is also rich in potassium and vitamin B6.  Vitamin B6 helps production of chemicals such as hemoglobin and insulin. Again, it improves the ability of body to fight against infection. Potassium helps effective functioning of muscles including cardiac muscles, prevents high blood pressure, helps nerve impulses and maintains fluid balance within the body.

It is a diuretic and helps detoxify the body. Some believe that banana stem can prevent and treat kidney stones. This is fact under study and the effectiveness has not been proven by the western world.

Healthbenefit of Horsegram, kollu, kulith

Horsegram is or kulith or muthira it is called, is  rich in B-complex vitamins,  proteine and  highly nutritious. 

It is  commonly prescribed in ayurvedic medicine for conditions like difficult breathing, cough, gastric problems, ulcers, worm infections and excessive perspiration. Some alternative medicine experts even consider horse gram as a good remedy to control joints pain. It can be also used as a natural health tonic.    It tones up the digestive system and prevents acidity and flatulence. 

People suffering from spleen enlargement, colic and weak liver can also benefit from this plants medicinal properties. People with kidney stones, hypertension, gall stones also benefit from its intake.