Plantain Flower Vada | Vazhai Poo Vadai | வாழைப்பூ வடை

How to Clean / Use Plantain Flower / Vazhai Poo : (3 STEPS)

STEP 1 : Take off the purple outer cover and remove the bunch of florets.

STEP 2 : Take off the stamen from florets (shown in above image).

STEP 3 : Chop the florets and put them in the butter milk or water to avoid discoloration.

Ingredients :

Plantain Flower - 1 no (cleaned, chopped, washed) Bengal Gram / Kadalai Paruppu / Channa Dal - 3/4 cup Raw Rice - 2 tbsp Onion - 1 no (chopped) Green Chili - 2 no (chopped) Coriander Leaves - 2 tbsp (chopped) Crushed Ginger - 1 tsp Crushed Garlic - 1 tsp Fennel Seeds - 1/2 tsp Curry Leaves - 1 stks Oil for deep fry Salt to taste.

Method :

Soak the kadalai paruppu (bengal gram / channa dal) and the rice for 2 - 3 hours and drain the excess water.

Steps To Make Plantain Flower Vadai : Heat oil in a kadai / pan, add the florets (cleaned, chopped, washed) and saute til the water has reduced, cook in simmer. Keep aside and allow to cool completely.

Grind coarsely soaked kadalai paruppu and rice with required salt.  Then add fried florets and grind again little into coarsely paste.

In a bowl, combine ground florets paste with onion, green chili, coriander leaves, curry leaves, ginger, garlic and fennel seeds, mix well. Make a small ball and pat it like a small circled patty (shown in above image) and keep aside.

Deep fry them in hot oil until golden brown colour on both sides in medium flame.

Serving Suggestion : Serve hot with Coconut Chutney.