Arati puvvu vada

Ingredients :

* Banana flower - 1
* Channa dal - 1cup
* red chillies - 2
* onion - 1 (medium sized)
* Jeera - 1 tsp
* Fennel seeds - 1 tsp
* salt, curry leaves,
* coriander leaves as required

Method :

Remove the banana florets, clean it by removing the stamen.

Take water in a bowl, add a tbsp of curd and mix it in the water. Now cut the florets and then put it in this water.

Soak the channa dal for about 2 hrs along with red chillies.

Grid the dal along with the chillies without adding water.

Now to that batter add jeera, fennel seeds, onion, drain well the banana flower florets and add it too.

Add salt, curry leaves, coriander leaves and mix it well.

Heat the kadai, then add oil and when it is hot, deep fry the vada's..

serve hot vada's with coconut chutney/sambar.