VAZHAPAZHAM(FULLY RIPE PLANTAIN)
1Explanation A banana is an elongated, edible fruit – botanically a berry– produced by several kinds of large herbaceous flowering plants in the genus Musa. In some countries, bananas used for cooking may be called"plantains", distinguishing them from dessert bananas. The fruit is variable in size, colour, and firmness, but isusually elongated and curved, with soft flesh rich in starch covered with arind, which may be green,yellow, red, purple, or brown when ripe. The fruits grow in clusters hanging from the top of theplant. Almost all modern edible seedless (parthenocarp) bananas come from twowild species – Musa acuminata and Musa balbisiana. The scientific names of mostcultivated bananas are Musa acuminata, Musa balbisiana, and Musa × paradisiacafor the hybrid Musa acuminata × M. balbisiana, depending on their genomicconstitution. The old scientific name for this hybrid, Musa sapientum, is nolonger used. 2. Different types ofplantains generally available in Tamilnadu. Currently all types of plantain fruits are priced about 80-00rupees per kg. Slightly less priced poovan (Palayam thodan of Kerala) is notfound now in Chennai shops nowadays. To say the fruit priced lowest is plantain. Rasthai (Kerala poovan), red plantain, Karpoora smell plantain,Elachi (small rasthali) and banana are available. What wondered me today was banana was less priced (Rs60-00) than others which astonished me.This prompted me to write this posting. The plantain used raw is Monthan and is mostly available duringamavasi period. Malavazhai ripe plantain and robusto are available at times 3. Plantain products inChennai In the last two decades banana is freely available either asraw or as ripen, and chips( prepared daily in some shops).That much demand for Banana chips.Monthan is also available either salted oradded with chilly/pepper. Packed products are available either prepared in Cochin or Trichy. 4.Ripe banana chips In the last six months we could get also ripen banana fried prepared from Ernakulam/Cochin. Recentlywe get the ones prepared by a company in Trichy. 5. Sarkara puratti. I could rarely taste sarkara puratti in feasts, probably prepared by some Kerala cooks orobtained from Kerala >From the last Onam period, sarkara puratti prepared from Cochin started >appearing insupermarkets. Today I could obtain sarkarapuratti prepared from >aTrichy manufacturer. 6. Vertically sliced ripenbanana So far I could get more sweet sliced horizontal chips preparedat Cochin and packed from super markets. At the earliest, I may get packets prepared from Trichy also in supermarkets.Now we get horizontal sliced round ripen banana chips. 7 Super markets stocks Many supermarkets stock things which are more in demand. Before 3 years papad was rare. Nowmany shops keep papad because of therequirement. Not only Keralites, Thalyalees, and Tamil people and people fromother states also like to have Kerala specialpreparations. Posted by R. Gopala Krishnandated 11-10-21 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/1326110159.1177193.1633969379247%40mail.yahoo.com.
