Vazhaipoo Kola Urundai Recipe/Banana Flower Fritters Recipe/How to make Vazhaipoo Kola Urundai with step by step photos

Today, I am going to share a very interesting, addictive and tempting Vazhai poo Kola urundai. Vahai poo/Banan flower kola urundai is an all time favorite of mine, can be had as evening snack/appetizer or as side dish for lunch or dinner. The most tedious part of making this kola urundai is cleaning the vazhai poo/banana flower. But by the time any one starts eating these kola urundai they will forget about the tedious job. Meanwhile do check out other interesting and tempting Vadai/appetizers in the link. Do try out this Vazhai poo kola urundai and post you comments here.

Here’s how to make Vazhai poo Kola Urundai with step by step photos…

Ingredients

Vazhaipoo/Banana Flower	1 full flower
Roasted Bengal Gram/Pottukadalai	½ cup
Rice Flour/Arisi Maavu	1 tbsp
Coconut Pieces/Thengai	5-6
Onion	1 small finely chopped
Garlic /Poondu	5-6 cloves
Ginger/Inji	2 inch piece
Dry Red Chillies/Kaaindha Milagai	6-8
Fennel Seeds/Sombu	1 tsp
Cumin Seeds/Jeeragam	1 tsp
Curry Leaves/Karivepilai	8-10
Asafoetida/Hing/Perungaayam	One big pinch
Salt	To taste
Oil	For Frying

Preparation Time: 20-25 minutes                        Recipe Category: Starter/Evening Snack

Cooking Time: 15 -20 minutes                               Recipe Cuisine: Tamil Nadu, India

Makes: 30-35 small kola urundais

Author: Priya Anandakumar

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Method

Grind the roasted gram dal/pottukadalai to fine powder in mixer and keep it aside.

Clean the vazhai poo, chop and put them in the butter milk to avoid blackening. Add vazhai poo, turmeric powder, salt to the pressure cook and cook for one or two whistles.

Ingredients needed for Grinding

Add onions, ginger, garlic, dry red chillies, coconut, fennel seeds, cumin seeds, curry leaves, asafoetida  and grind it really well and transfer it to a bowl.

Then drain the water from the vazhai poo and add it to the mixer and grind it to smooth paste. Transfer the ground vazhai poo also to the bowl.

Now add the ground pottukadalai/roasted gram dal [5-6 tbsp] , rice flour ,salt and mix everything really well.

Now you can either small balls or small vadai’s.

Heat oil in kadai for frying the kola urundai. Put a small pinch of kola urundai batter into the oil if it raises immediately then the oil is ready for frying. Slowly drop the vazhai poo urundai/vadai to the oil. Cook on all sides evenly or until its browned and is crisp. Fry the kola urundai/vadai on medium flame. 

Remove from oil and transfer it to a plate. Repeat the same for all the remaining kola urundais/vadai.

Yes, crispy and super tempting Vazhaipoo Kola Urundai is ready to be enjoyed.

Suggestions:

If you fell the kola urundai batter is a little watery, then you can add little more pottukadalai powder and mix thoroughly.

I have used dry red chillies, you can very well replace it with green chillies.

Cook the kola urundai on medium flame only.

Adjust the spice and salt level according to your family needs.

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