VAAZHAIPOO(Banana flower)VADAI

This is one of my favorite snack. i love when my mom does this.She used to grind the dough in mixie but vazhai poo ,she will pound using Ammi(its used for pounding and grinding in Tamilnadu)to have coarse texture.Its difficult to get vazhaipoo near our place. we have to go all the way to newjersy to get these vegetables.I wonder why american stores,which sells banana and raw banana dosent sell the flower or the stem. At least the flower, ia m able to get in new jersy. but thandu(trunk)....:( no luck till now.vazhai poo is supposed to be good for our health in many ways. This flower has lot of medicinal values. According to siddha medicine the flowers is said to be good for bronchitis ,dysentery, ulcers. vazaipoo juice is given to stop for heavy menstural bleeding during menopause.Cooked flowers are given to diabetics; the astringent plant sap for hemorrhages, acute dysentery and diarrhea.

Regarding the recipe...Its the same recipe as masala vadai. except for one thing we also add Vazhai poo(banana flower)


INGREDIENTS:

Yellow pea dal/Channa Dal-1 cup

Onion-1

Green chilli-2(according to taste)

Coriander 1/2 cup

Garlic-3

Saunf-1 tsp

Salt-to taste

Vazhaipoo-chopped 1 cup

METHOD:

1)Soak dhal for 2 hrs and grind to coarse paste along with green chill and garlic.
2)Finally add the chopped vazhaipoo and just grind for a second.

3)Cut onion, add salt and coriander finely.

4)Mix all these ingredients to ground Channa Dal ,make vadai and fry till golden brown.