Valaipoo Vadai

VAAZHAIPOO VADAI: [BANANA FLOWER SNACK] Clean and wash a medium vaazhaipoo and chop finely. With little water and salt, cook this until all the water is evaporated. Grind 1 cup of shredded coconut with ½ sp fennel seed, 3 green chillies, 3 red chillies, 1 small piece of cinnamon, ½ sp ginger and ½ cup of pottukkadalai to a paste. Add enough salt and the cooked vaazhaippoo to this and run the motor of the mixie for a second. The vaazhaippoo must be ground coarsely, not finely. You can add chopped onions, coriander leaves and curry leaves to this. Make balls out of this ground paste, flatten them and fry vadais in hot oil. NB: You can make vaazahippoo vadai with ½ cup of soaked chenna dal [Bengal gram] instead of pottukkadalai using this same method.