Banana flower vada is one of the the tastiest vada..
Preparation is simple but cleaning the banana flower consumes time..
This might be a week end favorite..
Ingredients
Banana flower - 1
Channa dhal - 100 ml
Urud dhal - 50 ml
Garlic - 10 pieces
Ginger - 1 inch
Cinnamon - 1/2 inch piece
Cloves - 1
Onions - 2 medium sized
Green Chilies - 3
Fennel seeds (sombu) - 1/4 tea spoon
Oil - for frying
Baking soda - pinch (optional)
Salt to taste
Cleaning the banana flower
1. Remove the purple skin and take out the flowers.. Repeat this till the center.
2. Peel the stamen part of each flower and also the glassy part in the front.
3. Put this in buttermilk to avoid color change.
Preparation
1. Wash and soak Channa dhal and Urud dhal in water for 2 hrs and drain.
2. Cut ginger into fine pieces,peel the garlic and add cinnamon and cloves to it.
3. Chop the onions and green chilies
4. Grind the banana florets roughly
5. Grind the dhal along with ginger,garlic,cinnamon and cloves. Do not make smooth paste, as vadas always have some pieces of channa dhal left without grinding. Do not add water.
6. Mix banana flower ground paste along with dhal ground paste. Add chopped onions,green chilies,salt and baking powder.
Do not chop green chilies finely , when you are highly indulging in vada you may end up with eating them... :) Chop as a medium size pieces so that we can easily remove them..
7. Heat 400 ml of oil in kadai for deep frying
8. Take a plastic cover and apply little oil, and make small vada with hand as shown. you can make a ball and flatten it with fingers.
9. Put the vada in oil and give a hot oil bath.
10. Repeat this and fill the kadai with as much vada ,until they do not stick with each other.Do not overcrowd.
11. In medium flame, cook the vadas on both sides and when they are brown, take out and drain in a tissue paper.
12. Serve hot and crispy along with tea.....
Tip: This serves 6 people, adding only required amount of salt is important., taste the batter and keep adding salt until you feel its sufficient.
Preparation is simple but cleaning the banana flower consumes time..
This might be a week end favorite..
Ingredients
Banana flower - 1
Channa dhal - 100 ml
Urud dhal - 50 ml
Garlic - 10 pieces
Ginger - 1 inch
Cinnamon - 1/2 inch piece
Cloves - 1
Onions - 2 medium sized
Green Chilies - 3
Fennel seeds (sombu) - 1/4 tea spoon
Oil - for frying
Baking soda - pinch (optional)
Salt to taste
Cleaning the banana flower
1. Remove the purple skin and take out the flowers.. Repeat this till the center.
2. Peel the stamen part of each flower and also the glassy part in the front.
3. Put this in buttermilk to avoid color change.
Preparation
1. Wash and soak Channa dhal and Urud dhal in water for 2 hrs and drain.
2. Cut ginger into fine pieces,peel the garlic and add cinnamon and cloves to it.
3. Chop the onions and green chilies
4. Grind the banana florets roughly
6. Mix banana flower ground paste along with dhal ground paste. Add chopped onions,green chilies,salt and baking powder.
Do not chop green chilies finely , when you are highly indulging in vada you may end up with eating them... :) Chop as a medium size pieces so that we can easily remove them..
8. Take a plastic cover and apply little oil, and make small vada with hand as shown. you can make a ball and flatten it with fingers.
9. Put the vada in oil and give a hot oil bath.
10. Repeat this and fill the kadai with as much vada ,until they do not stick with each other.Do not overcrowd.
11. In medium flame, cook the vadas on both sides and when they are brown, take out and drain in a tissue paper.
Tip: This serves 6 people, adding only required amount of salt is important., taste the batter and keep adding salt until you feel its sufficient.
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