Vazhai poo Vadai

This is a delicacy dish served in most Chettinad restaurants
We will use  the banana flower after removing the thick single stem and petal like thing inside the florets. As we keep cleaning further, the florets inside will be small, we can use as such without trying to remove the thick stem and petal inside the floret. The parts in the third picture need to be removed.

Ingredients
Banana florets
Gram dhal- 250 mg
Onion - 4 chopped finely
Curry leaves- finely chopped
Chillies- 5 to 6 finely chopped
Ginger - a small piece finely choppedo
Asafoetida - 3 pinches
Preparation
Gramdhal Base
Soak the gram dhal for one hour in water. Drain the water and grind into a coarse paste . Dont add water while grinding. Then the vadai will absorb too much oil.
Add asafoetida, chopped ginger, curry leaves and chopped onion.
Banana flower
As mentioned in the beginning, clean the florets and finely chop it.
Add the chopped florets to the Gramdhal paste and mix thoroughly.

 Heat the oil in a pan for frying the vadai. Make small balls of the paste tightly and flatten it in the shape of vadai. Carefully drop it in the hot oil and cook it in medium flame. Once lightly brown, carefully turn to the other side without breaking it. Once both the sides are cooked, remove it, keep it on a tissue paper to remove excess oil.

Serve with white chutney