Vazhakkai Kola Urundai, Spicy raw banana balls
Vazhakkai Kola Urundai, Spicy raw banana balls
Vazhakkai Kola Urundai is a ball shaped fried recipe made of raw bananas. It provides a delicious snacking experience which goes well with a cup of tea or coffee. Freshly sliced plantains are cooked and mashed with a unique combination of spices to form a soft mixture. These are then fried to ball shaped crispy snacks to get Vazhakkai Kola Urundai. This is a perfect bite-sized appetizer as it does not require any sauce to dip into. Small quantity of grated coconut is also used for an improved flavour. Have a look at the list of ingredients used and the method of preparation of this yummy snack.
Ingredients used
- 2 medium sized raw Banana / Plantain
- ½ cup of freshly grated Coconut
- ¼ cup of Roasted Bengal gram / pottukadalai
- 5-6 crushed Garlic
- 2 tablespoons of broken Cashew nuts
- A pinch of cumin seeds / Jeera
- ½ teaspoon of Fennel seeds / Perumjeerakam
- A pinch of Turmeric powder and Asafoetida
- ¼ – ½ teaspoon Red chilli powder
- Oil for sautéing
- Oil for deep frying
- Salt for the taste
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Method of preparation
- Wash the raw bananas and slice it to 2-inch sized pieces
- Heat 5-6 cups of water in a pan, bring it to a boil. Add the raw banana pieces to the water. Continue heating until the banana pieces are well cooked.
- Take out the banana pieces from the water and keep it aside for cooling. Remove its skin and mash it to a paste.
- Now, heat some oil in a pan and add the fennel seeds, cumin seeds and asafoetida.
- Also, add the crushed garlic pieces followed by turmeric powder and red chilli powder. Saute it until the raw smell disappears.
- Add the broken cashew nuts and fry it for few seconds. Follow this with grated coconut and saute it for few minutes. Keep in mind that the coconut pieces should not be dry roasted completely.
- Now, add the banana paste and mix it well. Cook it for few minutes as the banana paste gets well coated with the masalas.
- Add the roasted Bengal gram and saute the mixture for few seconds. Switch off the flame and wait for it to cool down completely.
- Transfer the mixture to a mixer and grind it to a coarse mixture.
- Heat some oil for frying in a deep frying pan, take out some portion of the coarse mixture and roll it to form a gooseberry sized ball and fry them on medium flame.
- Fry it to a slightly golden brown colour. Once it is crispy fried, take it off from the oil and place them on paper towel to remove excess oil.
- Serve it hot with a cup of tea or coffee.
