Assamese Koldil Bhaaji / Dry Banana Flower Sabji
Ingredients Needed:
Banana Flower - 1 cup
Potato - 1 big
Green Chilli - 2 long
Garlic chopped - 2 cloves
Onions chopped - 1 medium
Panch Phoran - 1 tsp
Salt to taste
Turmeric a pinch
Oil - 2 tsp
How to make the Sabzi
Clean the banana blossoms and keep it ready.
Peel and cut the potato into cubes.
Heat a nonstick pan with 2 tsp oil.
Add panch phoran and when it sputters add finely chopped chilli, onion, and garlic.
Next add the banana flower and the potato, mix well.
Now add Salt, Turmeric and mix well. Cover and put the flame on low. Let it cook. Simmer for 10 mins
Serve hot, with Kholasapori Pitha
How to make Kholasapori Pitha
Kholasapori Pitha | Assamese Rice pancake
Ingredients Needed
Rice flour - 1 cup
Onions, finely - 1 medium
Grated Carrot - 1/2 cup
Water to make a batter
Oil - 2 tsp
Salt to taste
How to make the pithas
In a bowl, take all the ingredients and make a lump less batter of rice powder, chopped onion, grated carrot, salt, and water.
Heat a Tawa pan. Smear oil and pour two ladlefuls of batter and spread round .
Turn over when done and cook the other side.
Serve Kholasapori Pitha with aloo bhaji / (potato fry) or Koldil Bhaaji
Notes:
The batter needs to be on the thinner side so that it can spread well. If you find it hard to spread as you do with regular dosas, you can drop it as a circle and quickly swirl the tawa to make a circle.
These pancakes actually went well with the dry subzi.
We do make Rice flour dosas regularly at home. Since this is such a simple one, I have not shared it.
Nalini's Kitchen says
Sounds very inviting and interesting Valli..both the dishes look so yummy and healthy.
Manjula Bharath says
wow very very delicious and yummy assamese platter 🙂 love the kholasapori pitha 🙂 and ha koldil bhaji looks very delicious even I made them 🙂 Lolz yes My BP is already High .. Awesome recipe selection .. loving it totally 🙂
vaishali sabnani says
Hats off for searching these recipes...the dry banana flowers are new to me...but the rice pancake...well we do make these with lot of variations. So glad you guys enjoyed the brunch:))
Priya Suresh says
Kholasapori pitha sounds almost like our instant dosas, bhaaji with banan flower looks absolutely quick and delicious as well.Beautiful dishes together.
Harini-Jaya R says
I have a vague recollection of banana blossom curry which was very popular there. Your post reminded me of it!! Good one, Valli.
Suma Gandlur says
While searching for the recipes, I think I came across these pithas. More like instant version of dosas. That bhaji is interesting.
The Pumpkin Farm says
i tried laying my hands on banana flower but realised it is too much of h ard work, i suddenly feel ashamed of complaining about same veggies each time, when i see the north east opetions, they have survived with so little and yet flourished their cuisine ,anyway, pitha is also a good dish and your combo must have been superb, kudos
Ranjani says
Looks too good..
Jayanthi Padmanabhan says
Kholasapori Pitha is a little like the maida dosa that my mother makes with maida and rice flour. looks yummy. so much homework for every recipe.. great work Valli. keep it up. the bhaji looks real tasty too
Nivedhanams Sowmya says
I love your write up on how you landed on this recipe!!! good one!! both these dishes look yumm
Sapana Behl says
Very unique combo and nice to know about your recipe searching !
Priya Srinivasan says
Love that banana blossom subji, it is a bit of work but then when it is all cleaned it is good to make!!! Cleaning is the part i dread!!! Love that dosa/pitha too!!!
Pavani N says
It's very interesting to see how similar all our cuisines are. Your plate looks so yummy. I made rice dosas for another state -- coming up really really soon.
Vanamala Hebbar says
Love the pitha, looks like rava dosa
Varadas Kitchen says
Nice story. FB Admins of these groups are really helpful. The end result looks great!
Veena Theagarajan says
Both dishes looks great.. healthy too
Sandhya Ramakrishnan says
I also want to make this bhaji because I love banana flowers, but we don't get it where i live...Looks delicious and tempting. Love the pitha...So simple and full of flavors!
Gayathri Kumar says
Both the pitha and bhaaji look delicious. I am awestruck with all the research you guys are doing...
Saraswathi Tharagaram says
Seems delicious and interesting.. I am going to try this very soon.
Chef Mireille says
i was going to go with one of the many banana flower recipes on the fb page also but then changed my mind at the last minute. Your meal looks delish
Kalyani says
so much like instant rice dosai.. and the curry looks soooo inviting... ! yummmm...
Rajani S says
banana flower is cooked in Kerala as well, but no idea how it is done :D. I somehow found cooking from Assam much easier than the other states. At least we had some pnline resources for this state!
Padmajha PJ says
The NE states were giving me jitters!And as Rajani said, Assam was the easiest of all!I too read that night jasmine is used in their cooking and was wondering how it would taste!
The rice pancakes look nice and must try the banana blossom curry with potato.
Sreevalli E says
The pancakes look yummy.. They are looking a little like ravva dosa & the plantain curry is so welcoming.
Usha says
Kholasapori pitha preparation is similar to rice flouw chila or biyyam attu. No matter how far apart the states are, there is some similarity in the preparation. You ended up cooking some good dishes for the state.