Vazhaipoo vadai (Plantain flower vada)

Vazhaipoo vadai (Plantain flower vada) - Preparation time 30 mins (for soaked dhal) Vazhaipoo is very good for health. So try to consume whenever possible. Instead of making vadai you can make dry curry to gain full nutrition value. The cleaning and chopping the fingerlets of vazhaipoo will be a time consuming work. You rub the palms with sesame oil (nalla ennai) before staring the process else your hand will become slightly brownish and sticky :-). Nothing can be compromised before health. Add this vegetable every 15 days or else monthly once.

Ingredients:- Channa split dhal (Kadalai paruppu) - 1 cup
Fennel seed (Saunf) - 1 tsp
Red Chili - 3 (split into 2 pieces each) or Chili powder - 1 tsp
Ginger - 1 inch (small piece)
Small Onion(optional) - 4 (finely chopped - )
Curry leaves - 6 (finely chopped)
Coriander leaves - 5 (finely chopped)
Water - very little to grind the dhal
Vazhai poo - chopped finely (In each fingerlets of vazhai poo their will be white string with a pod (round shape) in top. You have to strictly remove it before chopping to pieces. It wont be able to digest and will also be hard to chop)
Oil - To deep fry
Salt to taste 

Preparation method:- Soak the channa spilt dhal for 3 hrs. Crush fennel, ginger, red chili.
Add the dhal and use wiper to grind it coarsely(if you want you can sprinkle water).
To the flour add onion,chopped vazhai poo, curry leaf, coriander leaf & salt.

Initially make small balls using the dough for easy preparation.
Using plastic sheet or banana leaf flatten the balls to circle (don’t make too thin it will be difficult to take).
You can make in your hand also (i.e. with plastic sheet) if you can make quickly.
Heat the oil in deep frying pan and drop the vadai very slowly (usual practice is to drop on the edge of oil kadai).
Fry the vadai till it is golden brown. You can put in tissue paper to remove excess oil and serve hot.


Note :- How to peel and use vazhai poo?

Spread a waste sheet to keep the place clean while peeling the plantain flower.
While doing this process put sesame oil (nalla ennai) fully on your palm to avoid the stickiness. The watery substance in vazhaipoo might stain your clothes so take care
Hope you all saw the big red vazhai poo (plantain flower) from which we used to get cute little bananas or big plantain.
In each plantain flower when you remove the red covering carefully you will see tiny fingers. Which is full of nutrition. We can use this for our cooking.

In each fingerlets of vazhai poo their will be white string with a pod (round shape or head of the string) in top. You have to strictly remove it before chopping to pieces. It wont be able to digest and will also be hard to chop. Might create digestion problem.

After removing this string in each and every plantain flower fingers. You can chop and keep in a vessel with little water and curd else it will become brown in color.