Banana Flower Vadai

Ingredients:
Channa dal or yellow split peas -1cup
Cinnamon,clove -1or2pieces
Red chili - 3 no
Curry leaves,coriander leaves -few strands
Onion diced -1/2 cup
Salt to taste
Oil to fry
Banana flower (remove outer skin and take only the florets in side,from that florets also take out centre stem and small leaf like portion in the front of the flowers ,after removing all this chop the flowers and soak it in the water till u use it) -1cup(approximately one flower )

Method

• Soak Channa Dal half hour and strain the water.Grind with chili,cinnamon and clove with very little water into coarse batter.
  Now mix it with onion,chopped coriander and curry leaves,chopped banana flower(strain water and squeeze out water thoroughly and add to the mixture) and salt .
• once this is ready heat oil in a kadai make like patties and deep fry into golden brown colour.
• serve with any kind of dip.u can also serve it plain hot vada.