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.