Cooking with Pree

I went grocery shopping this weekend and found some vazhaithandu (Banana stem). I knew I had to get these as it’s been ages since I have eaten vazhaithandu and it used to be one of my favorite vegetables. I asked my mil for recipes using vazhaithandu and she gave me a few options. Since we had had a heavy lunch I decided to do a simple soup for dinner and my mil was more than happy to share her Vazhaithandu Soup recipe with me.This Vazhaithandu Soup is very simple and when I heard the recipe which had such minimal ingredients, I was skeptical as to how it would taste. But it was really good, bringing out the taste of the banana stem with the subtle flavor of lemon and ginger. I am pretty sure I will be making more of this Vazhaithandu Soup from now on. Banana stem is so full of fiber and very good for people with kidney stones as it helps flush out the toxins from the body. It is very easy to digest and its high fiber content keeps you full for a long time.

You are supposed to add either lemon juice or butter milk to the soup and I have added lemon juice to keep it vegan. But some butter milk mixed to the vazhaithandu soup works very well too.