Vazhappoo / Banana Flower Cutlets

Ingredients
Banana flower 1
Onion 2
Potatoes 3 medium size
Ginger 1 inch piece
Green chilly 3
Pepper powder 2 tsp
Curry leaves few
Coriander leaves few chopped
Garam masala 1 tsp
Salt
Egg 1
Bread crumbs
oil for frying



How to prepare
Remove outer leaves 3 or 4 of banana flower. Chop them finely. Wash. Cook with salt, little turmeric powder in water. Take little water to cook this.Reduce water.

Boil and peel potatoes. Mash them.

Heat little oil and sauté onion. When it is transparent, sauté chopped green chillies , ginger and curry leaves with it for few seconds till the smell of ginger comes out. Then add coriander leaves. Stir. Add garam masala, pepper powder , salt , cooked banana flower in to this . Stir well. Add mashed potatoes too. Let it cool . Take little from this and make cutlets in the desired shapes. (See the procedure for making meat cutlets) Dip sides in egg and let it spread over the cutlets with palms. Roll in bread crumbs. Keep aside. Deep fry. Vegetarians can use Maida instead of egg.

Vazhappoo / Banana flower is also known as Maani/Vazhakkoombu. We would make thoran and vadas also with this. Try washing this in butter milk water to avoid staining on hands. You can apply little coconut oil on palms also.

Submitted to Aahar for JFI Banana.

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