Vazhaipoo Vadai:

Chettinad special Vazhaippoo Vadai, Mouth watering Banana flower and dal patties deep fried in oil has wonderful taste

Mouth watering Banana flower and dal patties deep fried in oil has wonderful taste. Banana flower has innumerable health benefits too.

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This is authentic Chettinad recipe it takes long time and effort to clean flowers but tastes great. As  this is little laborious and time-consuming  job, In the flower nerve part has to be discarded  and to be minced or cut to very small pieces and squeeze out excess water. If you are patient enough to do all these, then a good dish is on the cards.

Ingredients:

Banana Flower(vazhai poo) – 1 1/2 cup(Chopped squeeze and remove the juice from flower)

Toor dal – 1/2 cup

channa dal one tbsp soak and keep aside

Red chilli – 4

Fennel seeds – 1 tsp

Garlic-3pods

Onion-1 big size finely chopped

Curry leaves 1  chopped

Salt – 1 tsp

Turmeric powder-1/4 tsp

To Make Vazhaipoo Vadai:

Add salt  turmeric powder and mix it well .Make lemon sized balls arrange in a plate.