Kela Vada

Serving : 3 Persons

Ingredients :

For Stuffing

• 4 Raw Bananas (Kacha Kela)
• 1 Green Chilly (finely chopped)
• 1 Teaspoon Garam Masala Powder
• 3 Teaspoons Sugar
• 2 Teaspoons Lemon Juice
• 1 Tablespoon Coriander Leaves (finely chopped)
• Salt to Taste

For Tempering:

• 1/2 Teaspoon Mustard Seeds (Rai)
• 1/2 Teaspoon Black Gram Dal (Urid)
• 1/2 Teaspoon Cumin Seeds (Jeera)
• 1 Teaspoon Oil
• 4-6 Curry Leaves

For Batter :

• 1 Tablespoon Gram Flour (Besan)
• 1 Teaspoon Red Chilli Powder (Lal Mirch)
• 1/4 Teaspoon Turmeric Powder (Haldi)
• Salt to taste
• Oil for Frying

Method :

For Stuffing

• Boil Bananas into a pressure cooker (around 3 whistles) and let it cool down.
• Remove the skin and mash boiles bananas into a bowl.
• Add green chillies, sugar, salt, lemon juice, coriander leaves and garam masala powder.
• Mix all the ingredients very well.

For Tempering

• Heat the oil in a pan and add mustard seeds along with urid dal.
• When mustard seeds start to crackle, add cumion seeds and curry leaves to it.
• Add this tempering to the stuffing and mix well.

For the Batter

• Mix all the ingredients and make it to batter consistency using water.

Procedure

• Make around 12 equal balls from the stuffing-tempering mixture and keep it aside.
• Heat the oil in a kadhai for frying.
• When oil is hot enough, dip the balls into the batter and carefully place it in the oil for frying.
• Fry the wada till golden brown on all sides.
• Remove it on an absorbent paper.

Serve the Kela Wadas hot with Green Chutney, Date and tamarind chutney or Tomato ketchup.