Vazhai Poo Vadai - Banana Flower Vadai

Its been a longtime since a new post. It was vacation time, and off we went for a whole week out. I will soon write about our vacation as well.


Here is one of the traditional type of vada, Vazhai Poo vadai.


1. Channa dhal - 1 cup
2. Red Chillies - 2
3. Sounf - 1/2 tbsp
4. Jeera - 1/2 tbsp
5. Salt to taste
6. Vazhai Poo or banana flower cleaned - 1/2
7. Turmeric - a pinch
8. Onion - 2 medium sized chopped
9. Curry leaves - 5
10. Coriander leaves - 5 tbsp
11. Coconut grated - 4 tbsp
12. Raw rice - 2 tbsp
13. Oil to deep fry.


Soak the Channa dhal and rice for 30-45 minutes. Grind the soaked dhal, rice, sounf, jeera and salt into a coarse paste. Remove the ground mix to a bowl. Now grind the banana flower, just for 2-3 seconds, say like running a wiper. Add this also to the mix.


Add all the remaining ingredients to the ground mixture and mix well. Make lemon sized balls.


Heat oil in a frying pan. Apply water on your left palm so that the dough doesn't stick to your hand. Keep the lemon sized balls on your hand, press them to make them flat to a shape of vada and shallow fry them till golden brown.


They would taste delicious! Serve hot as a snack or with rice.