Banana Flower with Dal Curry

Ingredients:

1. Vazhaipoo/Banana flower - 1 medium size
2. Channa Dal/Moong dal - 2 to 3 tbsp (for soaking)
3. Turmeric Powder - 1/2 tsp
4. Salt as per taste

For Tempering:

1. Oil - 1 tbsp
2. Mustard - 1/8 tsp
3. Chann dal - 2 tsp 
4. Broken urad Dal - 1 tsp 
5. Green/Red Chilli - 2 no
6. Onion chopped - 2 tbsp
7. Grated Coconut - 1 tbsp
8. Curry leaves - 1 sprig
9. Coriander leaves 

Cleaning Method:

1. Take the banana flower and remove the outer layer. You can see bunches of small florets on the banana flower. Pluck or just take out the bunch of florets separately. 
2. Take a big floret and remove the stiff stick(pistil) and thin white colored cover portions( some people don’t remove this part. Refer 2nd picture below. 
3. Repeat the same for all the big florets.No need to remove the pistil part for very small ones.You can chop & use as it is.
4. Discard the removed pistil and use only the cleaned florets.