Ingredients

• Banana flower - 1
• Arhar dal -1 small cup
• Red chillies - 6
• Cumin - 1/2 tsp
• Salt as per taste
• A pinch - turmeric
• A pinch - asafoetida
• Oil

How to Make Banana Flower Paatholi

• Soak arhar dal and red chillies for half an hour.
• Peal the banana flower
• Chop the peeled flower and boil it in salt water for 5 minutes
• Grind the soaked dal coarsely.
• In a thick bottom pan, put 2 tbsp refined oil, and put cumin, add the coarse dal and red chilli mixture.
• Fry on medium flame adding little oil whenever needed, so that it doesn't stick to the pan. When it is half fried, add the banana flower
• Add salt, asafoetida and turmeric.
• When it is dry and leaves the sides, serve.