As I mentioned in my Vazhaipoo kuzhambu post, I made vazhipoo vadai for the first time with the tender banana flowers.It was so nice and crispy. Basically we love anything when deep fried. So when I made this Vazhaipoo vadai, Sendhil & Raksha were double happy to have a healthy deep fried snack for their tea time. It was a good change for me from the usual vazhaipoo usili or poriyal & I am happy that I’ve got yet another yummy banana flower recipe in my list. I got this vazhaipoo vadai recipe from my MIL. I made few changes to make it in an easier way & prepared this vada. Ok, lets see how to make this vazhaipoo vadai easily.
Vazhaipoo vadai recipe
Vazhaipoo vadai – Healthy, yummy snack recipe using Banana flower.
Cuisine: Indian
Category: Snacks
Serves: 8
Prep time: 3 Hours
Cook time: 15 Minutes
Total time: 3H 15M
- Banana flower/Vazhaipoo – Two handful (approx 40nos)
- Chana dal – 1/2 cup
- Toor dal – 1 tbsp (optional)
- Red chillies – 3-4 nos
- Ginger – 1 inch piece
- Hing/Asafetida – 1/4 tsp
- Water – As needed
- Fennel seeds – 1/4 tsp
- Small onions/Big onion – 20 nos / 1 no
- Curry leaves – few
- Cooking oil – to deep fry
|
HOW TO MAKE VAZHAIPOO VADAI – METHOD
- Wash and soak chana dal & toor dal for 3 hours.
- Wash and clean Vazhaipoo. Remove the stamen part in the flower and keep the flowers immersed in buttermilk till use. No need to chop them.
- First coarsely grind the banana flowers along with pinched red chillies, hing, ginger , fennel seeds and salt.
- Drain the water in the soaked chana dal and grind it without adding water. The water content in vazhaipoo itself is enough to grind.
- Take the vada batter in a wide bowl. Finely chop onions,curry leaves & add to the batter. Mix well. Take a lemon sized ball and pat it to make masala vada shape
- Heat oil to deep fry. Add a pinch of batter. If it rises immediately,oil is ready. Now drop the vada and deep fry both sides till the onions turn golden brown.
- Remove and serve with sauce or coconut chutney !
NOTE
-
Do not add water while grinding.Soak chana dal for minimum two hours.
-
Adjust the quantity of chillies based on your taste.U can also use green chillies in place of red chillies.
-
Adding soambu/Fennel gives a nice flavor to the vada. U can also skip it if you don’t like.
-
No need to chop the banana flowers as we are grinding it coarsely.
-
The color of vada is generally black.
-
|
Enjoy this crispy vazhaipoo vadai with
Ginger Tea or
Coffee ! Tastes yum !
Also check out my other vadai recipes
Leave a Reply