ingredients :
Vazhipoo or plantin flower - 1 cleaned fine chops
Gram dal - 1 tumbler
Onion - 1 large fine chops
Green chilli - 2 fine chops seeds removed
Ginger - 1 inch of ne chops
Curry leaves - 1 hand full wash and fine chop
Coriander- 1 hand full fine chops
Salt to taste
Preparation :
Now soak gram dal for 3 hours....drain and keep aside to grind.
Take plantain flower.....wash it....and cook for 3 boils in water.
Drain and squeeze out excess water.
Now time to grind .....first grind drained gram dal croaresly..... Then add plantain flower....grind it....obviously it won't get grinded by itself ....because there is no water.....we have squeezed out entire water in cooked plantain flower.....and drained water in gram dal......so use a fork or spoon to mix it in tje mixer grinder.......and see to that you remove spoon ot fork before you close to grind again.......add salt at the end and give a better grind for salt to mix.
Now when well grinded......remove and take the mixture in a vessel.....add chopped onion, green chill, ginger,coriander, curry leaves......now mix well all to get together... I mix with hands so that the flavour will mix better than mixing in spatula....
Now make small lemon size balls of the dough prepared.... Tap on both side....to make 1/2 inch flat balls....let the not be tight balls.....jus hold to a ball shape and flatten it.
Now heat oil in a pan when well hot....check for temperature..... Jus drop a pinch of the dough...itl pop up immediately..... Then drop only 5-6 at a time.......dont croud....which will result in drop of temperature.... This will result in split if balls getting cooked...... So maintain temperature between high and medium flame.....
Ones deep golden brown ....remove in tissue paper.....its a perfect match for a south Indian meal.....or a evening snack......
Scroll down for health benefits of Banana flower.
How to clean plantain flower :
This is how the entire plantain flower looks....just remove the first cover....
This is how it looks after removing.... Now comes the exact cleaning......remove the husk and stamen.....
This picture gives clear illustration about which part of the floret needs to be removed.....
Note :do not buy the flower if the floret are black in colour...jus look the first set.....that will do.... ..it will give a sour taste spoiling your recipe.
Here we can see the parts with name.....now the husk and stamen removed.... The floret on the top Line are to be used in cooking.
Happy and healthy cooking......
There are amazing health benefits in Banana flower.
# It increases the hemoglobin content.
# Banana flower treats ulcer.
# Helps to lactating mother's.... by increasing lactation.
# This helps in reducing pain and excess bleeding during menstruation.
# Helps diabetes... by reducing blood sugar level.
# The high content of magnesium.. helps to reduce anxiety.