Raw Banana Balls/Vazhakkai Kola Urundai

 Recently i tried my hands in making a fantastic starter aka snacks with raw banana aka plantains, yes i tried kola urundai with this incredible vegetable. Usually kola urundais are prepared with minced meats, but somehow we do make kola urundais with veggies like yam,banana blossom. Since i chosed this week's blogging marathon with Snacks for a movie date as theme, am posting this dangerously addictive and very crispy snacks.

You can serve very well this raw banana kola urundais for any occasions,these balls are definitely a crowd pleaser and quite easy to feed anyone with this veggies. Personally making kola urundais with plantain is one of the best way to sneak this vegetable and its a kid's friendly dish. Once you finished frying these balls, just serve your kids and see how fast these crispy balls gets vanish. Am sure this kola urundai will become a family favourite if you prepared them at home. Obviously you can munch these crispy beauties while watching a movie without any fuss.

2nos Raw bananas (cooked)
1tbsp Fennel seeds
1tsp Poppy seeds
2nos Garlic cloves
4tbsp Coconut
4nos Dry red chillies
7tbsp Roasted gram/pottukadalai
1no Onion (chopped finely)
Few curry leaves
Oil (for frying)
Salt

In the pan,heat few drops of oil and saute the chopped onions,curry leaves until the onions turns transculent.

Grind the poppy seeds,coconut,garlic cloves,fennel seeds,dry red chillies as fine powder.

Also grind the roasted gram as fine powder.

Now take the sauteed onions, cooked and mashed raw banana, grinded spice powder, roasted gram powder and salt in a bowl.

Mix everything well to form a dough.

Pinch out medium sized balls from it and keep aside.

Heat the oil for deepfrying. Drop the rolled balls to the oil..

Fry in medium flame until they turns golden brown,drain the excess of oil with a paper towel.

Serve with ketchup.

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