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Steamed Nenthram Pazham – Steamed Plantain
My mom learnt this from our neighbor, Mrs. Varghese. They had this for breakfast and shared it with us. I was a baby then and have no memories of it. But it became a regular in our home when my mom could get a hold of nenthram pazham. When we went to India this time, my mom made it for me…the aroma of steamed plantain with coconut jaggery wafts in the air..yum
I made this at home one day for brunch after we found it our natural food store. The recipe is simple and very filling too.
Ripe Plantain – 2
Jaggery – 1/2 cup
Coconut – 1 cup
Cardamom- 1 (powdered)
- Slit the plantain without separating it with the skin on.
- Mix the coconut,shredded jaggery and cardamom in a bowl.
- Slowly fill the plantain with the mixture and then tie the open end of the plantain.
- Place the plantains in a steamer and let it steam for 15 minutes.
- Untie the plantain, take the peel off and serve hot.
This goes to Jyothsna of CurryBazaar for RCI – Cuisine of Kerala..jpg)
Oh, this is Indian dessert too. I made one with baked bananas with coconut and Caramel sauce. Looks great. Things we learn from blogging!:))
Great entry.
we get the frozen ones at our Indian store here, I just had one the other day, and it is yummy!
very interesting. i’ve never seen it with coconut. we steam it plain. any way you make it, steamed plantain is delicious.
I’ve only eaten the plain steamed ones. This is something new.:-)
yummy and veryyyy new recipeee shankari
Even i make it at home sometimes. Its really yummy!
You know how much I love plantains so I am definitely going to try this!
The stuffing is new to me but that sounds like a delicious addition.
Looks really yummy. I love the creativity you put into making the dish and the picture.
Thanks for sharing this recipe.
I should be there with you in CA to taste these
i know, i am lazy to cook 
Today i found that commenting from my mobile for blogs work. So eagerly came to comment in Rajesh’s blog. Wanted to do it for very long time. Now what happened ? I dont see any trace of his blog ?
this is something totally new to me, I’ll love to try it
thanks
preeti
plantain and coconut..that is a new conbo..it is fun to read blogs, as there is so much out there to learn!
Hi different idea…I am a new blooger,plz do see my blog and encourage me
Something new to me too… but iam sure it would taste great cos of the ingredients used in it.
Shankari, I cannot find ‘Eye of Ra’. Is that blog deleted?
My mother has almost similar prep…but instead of steaming she roasts this in ghee…yumm-o- yum
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Shn
Hi Shankari,
Came to your blog from Laksh’s blog. When I saw the contributor names I was thrilled to bits! The reason being, my other name is Shankari and my sister’s is Radha and we call her ‘Ra’ at home chellama
The nedrapazham steamed is a very good meal that we have enjoyed many-a-times at home. Good post
Regards,
Lakshmi
Thanks everyone for your comments.
Shanthi, Suganya – Rajesh deleted hisblog by mistake and is working on getting it back up.
Lakshmi – Welcome to my blog!
Mishmash – That is another recipe I wanted to blog abt it, nenthram pazham roasted in ghee with jaggery – heavenly!
This is a new recipe for me. I see all my favorite ingredients listed there… plantain, jaggery and coconut. Next time I find a nenthram pazham I’ll surely try it. Thanks for sharing this.
wow, this sure is yummy. I have had this back home.