Friday, November 9, 2012

PLAINTAIN FLOWER CURD VADA


Ingredients


  1. 1 cup                    plantain flower 
  2. 1 tsp                     sombu[fennel seeds]
  3. 4                           cloves
  4. 1"                          cinnamon
  5. 1 cup                     channa dhal 
  6. 2 big                      onions
  7. 1"                          ginger
  8. 6 flakes                 garlic
  9. 4                            green chilies
  10. curry leaves          few
  11. coriander leaves    handful
  12. 1 tsp                      salt
  13. 1 cup                    curd
  14. 1 carrot                grated
  15. karabhoondhi or mixture 
  16. oil for frying
 METHOD
  • Drain water from channa dhal.
  • Chop flower and put it in curd water or rice washed water for 5 minutes.
  • Then take out the flower from water and squeeze out the excess water.
  • Grind together channa dhal and flower adding ginger, garlic,sombu, cinnamon, cloves, green chilies, salt without adding water.
  • Grind to a coarse paste. Check salt. Transfer to a container.
  • Cut onion, curry leaves, coriander leaves and add to the paste and mix well.
  • Heat oil and make 1" round balls and flatten it lightly and fry them in oil till crisp.
  • Drain excess oil .Take curd in a bowl add 1 cup of water little salt and stir.
  • Add vadas and soak for 1 hour.
  • To serve arrange curd vadas in a plate add little curd on it.
  • Put grated carrot, sliced onion, coriander leaves, mixture or karabhoodhi over vadas.







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