Description
Authentic Tamilnadu delicacy. Banana flowers combined with Bengal gram and deep fried to make this mouth watering starter.
| Ingredients | |
|---|---|
| 1 no | Banana flower |
| 1 cup | |
| 1 no | Onion (finely chopped) |
| 2 nos | Green chilli |
| 2 tsp | Ginger garlic crushed |
| 10 nos | Curry leaves |
| 3 stks | Coriander leaves (finely chopped) |
| ½ tsp | |
| ½ tsp | |
| 2 pinch | Turmeric powder |
| ¼ tsp | Asafoetida powder |
| ¼ tsp | Salt (or to taste) |
| 3 cup | Oil (for deep frying) |
| 2 cup | Buttermilk (diluted) |
Instructions
How to clean the banana flower? A tedious and time consuming process, but its all worth it, when it comes down to the final product.
1. Apply oil to both hand to avoid sticking.Take off the purple outer covering and remove the bunch of florets. Repeat the process until you reach the center.
2. Separate each flower from the bunch and remove the stamen. Chop the florets and soak them in buttermilk with a pinch of salt to avoid discoloration.
Flower bunch
Florets with stamen
Stamen
Florets without stamen
To make the vadai, soak bengal gram for at least a couple of hour. Then wash and drain the water completely with a paper towel, grind coarsely and mix chopped onion, green chillies, ginger garlic, curry leaves, coriander leaves, asafoetida powder, cumin seeds, fennel seeds, chopped flowers (drain all water before adding to Dal) with salt. Mix everything to form a thick dough. Heat oil and deep fry them in batches. Drain excess oil and serve.
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Mullai, Migha migha nandri.
Mullai,
Migha migha nandri. Nan vazha poo vadai try panen..nijamave rombo naal irunthuthu! sorry taste le mayangi, i forgot to take snap. Next time, kandipa podren! :) Actually. i wanted to try that cauliflower varuval from ur site..but some how adu thalii pochi and made vazha poo vadai.
Nandri nandri nandri...
Priya