Vaazhaipoo Vadai

**Ingredients: **

• Plaintain flower - 1 small size

• Onions - 1 medium (diced finely)

• Green chillies - 2 diced finely

• Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp

• Gram flour (or Pottu kadalai flour) - 1/4 cup

• Salt - to taste

• Oil - for deep frying

**Method: ** Remove the outer cover of the plaintain flower, and pull a bunch of the florets out. Pull out of each of them the stamens and a little transparent covering at the bottom. Repeat these for all the florets in the flower. Then group a bunch of the florets and dice them finely. Rinse the diced florets in water and set aside. Pressure cook the diced flower along with a litte salt and turmeric.

Drain the water if any of the cooked florets, and grind them to a coarse paste along with the green chillies. In a bowl, mix the ground flower, diced onions, salt and flour to form a soft dough. Make marble-sized balls and flatten them into discs.

Deep fry these in hot oil so they are cooked well on all sides.? Excellent side dish/appetizer.