Ingredients

• 1 - valappu (plantain inflorescence)
• 1 cup - roasted chickpeas
• 4-5 - green chillies
• 3 - onions
• 2 inches stick - cinnamon
• 2 - cardamom
• 6 - cloves
• 1-1.5 tsp - fennel seeds (saunf)
• 1/2 cup - grated coconut
• 2 tbsp - corn flour (or) rice flour
• refined oil for frying vadas

How to Make Valappu Vadai (Plantain Flowers Vadai)

• First clean the florets. Banana flowers have many rows of florets within one another (remove the stamen from the florets).
• Add one tbsp of oil to kadai and roast the florets on a low flame until they are soft.
• After it cools for 10 mins, grind it with all the other ingredients.
• Now add rice flour and salt. Shape into small vadas and deep fry in oil.
• Serve hot with meals or as tiffin.