VALAKKAI VADAI

Still with the banana tree saga.
Made valai poo curry. The picture was not good.
Yesterday all valai thandu puraanam
Today I made valakkai vadai.


VALAKKAI VADAI

Ingredients:

5 valakkai boil it with the skin.
1 medium onion chopped fine
2 green chillies chopped fine
little ginger chopped fine
little curry leaves chopped fine
little cumin seeds crushed
a pinch of asafoetida powder
salt to taste
oil for frying

Method:

Peel the boiled valakkai. Keep the skin you can make poriyal.
Mash the boiled valakkai to a smooth dough.

In a bowl add all the other ingredients except the oil.
Use your hands and crush all the ingredients.
There will be some liquid from the onions.
Now add in the mashed valakkai.
Mix nicely, if you feel the dough very dry, sprinkle little water.

Shape them into vadai, and deep fry them.
The vadais will not be very soggy. Serve hot.

Note: you can use this vadai mixture and make it
into a valakkai stuffed paratha