Vazhaipoo (Banana flower) Vadai

Ingredients:

  Channa dal - 2 cups
  Dry Red Chilly - 5 
  Fennel seeds - 1 tbsp
  Small onion - 10 - 15 (finely chopped)
  Coriander & Curry leaves - finely chopped
  Vazhaipoo(Banana flower) - 1 cup (clean and fine chop)
  Ghee - 1 tbsp
  Salt, Oil - As reqd

Method:

•   Soak dhal, chilly for 2-3 hours.
•   Drain the water. 
•   Add salt, fennel seed, salt and grind coarsely.
•   Transfer this to bowl.
•   Add onion, curry leaves and coriander leaves.
•   Boil vazhaipoo with little water.
•   Let this boil in low flame, once cooked add it to dal mix.
•   Add a spoon of ghee and mix well.
•   Make it to vada shapes and fry.

Note: 

• If you directly fry small small pieces then it is pakoda.
• Boil and add in vazhaipoo before frying.