Vazhaipoo Vadai-Banana Flower Vadai Recipe
Prep Time : 10 mins
Yields:12-14 vadas
Recipe Category: Snacks-Appetizer
Recipe Cuisine: South Indian
Ingredients needed
Bengal gram/channa dal/kadalai paruppu -1/4 cup
Tur dal -1/4 cup
Green chillies -3
Fennel seeds/sombu/saunf -1 tsp
Hing -1/4 tsp
Chutney kadalai / fried gram-2 tsp
Salt needed
Onion -1 medium size
Coriander leaves -2 tbsp finely chopped
Banana flower (tender) – 1/3-1/2 cup finely chopped
Tender Curry leaves -few
Preparation
Take tender banana flowers alone, chop it and keep in diluted buttermilk until use to prevent discoloration. Check out how to clean vazhaipoo.
After 2 hours, drain the water completely from the dal, add green chillies, fennel seeds, chutney kadalai (pottukadalai), salt needed and grind it for 2-3 seconds.
Then add the tender chopped banana flowers (drain all the buttermilk and then add), and grind it coarsely. Do not operate the mixie at a stretch. Grind it for 3-4 seconds, leave a gap of 3 seconds and then grind again. If you grind it at a stretch, it will become a smooth paste which we do not want. The vazhaipoo vada batter should be slightly coarse. Taste the batter to check for salt.
Now add finely chopped onions, 2 tbsp of finely chopped coriander leaves and few tender curry leaves. Mix everything well.
Take a lemon sized ball of the batter, flatten it with your hands and form into a disc.
Heat oil in a kadai (to check if the oil is hot enough, add a little batter, if it raises to the surface immediately, the oil is ready for frying). Once the oil is hot, reduce the temperature to medium. Drop the prepared discs/patties into the oil gently. Fry both sides until brown. Remove from oil with a slotted ladle and place on a paper towel or colander to drain excess oil. You can fry 4-5 patties depending on the quantity of oil used.
Repeat the same process for the rest of the batter.
Enjoy delicious vazhaipoo vadai with tea or coffee!!
Note – Chutney kadalai or fried gram or pottukadalai is added to give crispiness to the vada.
Do not add water while grinding. The moisture from the banana flower is enough. But if your mixie does not grind, then add just 2-3 tsp of water.
You will love my other Vazhaipoo Recipes/ Banana Flower recipe, do not miss it
Vazhaipoo Poriyal (stir fry)
Vazhaipoo thuvaiyal (coming soon)
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the vazhaipoo poriyal which i used to make often turned bitter in taste twice. can i know why it is so?
It is because of the variety of vazhaipoo. Open the maroon outer cover and see inside.The small banana flowers should be pale yellow in color and not dark pink. If it is pink in color, mostly (but not always) it will be bitter. This is from my experience.
Thank you so much for the information.
Healthy vadai.
I wanted to try this recipe thanks for sharing dear..
healthy, looks very yumm..
Turned out very well and tasted too crisp – thanks for sharing the recipe
Padhu,thank you so much for sharing..it came out very well..
Hi mam can we use the valaipoo without soaking in buttermilk
You have to use it immediately after chopping otherwise it will turn black if you do not soaking it in diluted buttermilk.
Thanks mam. I Need vazhapoo kuzhambu receipe.
If id like to make this as a neivedyam item, would it taste ok without the onion and fennel seeds?
Of course, you can but adding onions gives a nice taste to the vada.
What about adding Ginger or Cashew nut to the vada batter?
If you like it, you can. There are no hard and fast rules.
Hi mam, Y'day i tried the recipe and ma entire family jus loved it.
Hi,can I just add turdal and not channadal?
Hi mam.. Quantity of banana flower plz?? Same 1/4 cup loosely packed??
You can add 1/3 – 1/2 cup finely chopped banana flower (loosely packed). I forgot to mention in the ingredients list. Will update.Thank you.