Banana Flower Dal-Vada

 Group -1 (Temptation)

By Jayalakshmi Venkatesan

Mother of Sriram Ventatesan 

She won FIRST prize in the Mom’s Pules Trail 

Ingredients 

1cup Oil

1 cup Chana Dal 

¾ cup Toor Dal

1 cup Banana flower (finely chopped and soaked in buttermilk)

4 red Chili

2 green Chili

¼ tsp Turmeric Powder

¼tsp Hing 

Few Curry leaves

Few Coriander leaves  

I inch Ginger

1 tsp Salt 

 Method for Vada Mixture: - 

1. Soak the dal for 3 hours 

2. Drain water from the soaked dal

3. Grind it with all the ingredients coarsely 

4. Vada Mixer is ready 

Method for Vada 

1. Keep the oil in a pan on low flame 

2. Take lemon size Vada mixture 

3. Add it into oil

4. Deep fry it 

5. Flip and fry it’s till turn golden brown 

6. Banana Flower Dal –Vada is ready