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Vazhakkai Kola Urundai Recipe. Raw Banana Kofta or Vegan Meat Balls. Kola Urundai is very famous across South India.
Each and every province have their own version of making these balls usually made using either minced chicken or mutton.
And Vazhakkai Kola Urundai is the vegetarian or vegan version of the same meat balls in which raw banana or plantain is used as a substitute for minced meat.
My Grandma used to make a lip smacking kola urundai, but then she is an expert when it comes to cooking vazhakkai as she had lots of plantain trees in her backyard.
I had been happily following the same recipe as it was awesome until I had a chance to have these in a Chettinad Aachi’s house. It was outstanding. The texture and the taste were just perfect.
When I checked out her recipe, the contents were the same but the only difference was in the procedure.
I earlier used to add all the ingredients raw except for the plantain, but she asked me cook the entire contents before grinding.
As a result, very less water is needed to grind and the texture and taste was just great.
Despite the instructions being long, this vazhakkai kola urundai uses fewer ingredients and procedure is quite simple provided you understand the simple tips and tricks mentioned in this recipe.
Points to remember before making Vazhakkai Kola Urundai:
1. Do not reduce the quantity ofred chili powder. As we will be adding roasted gram powder, the spice level will even out.
2. Instead of pressure cooking, you can also cook the plantain in an open vessel filled with water but it will take some time.
3. Do not dump the entire roasted gram powder at one go. Add little by little. I had 1 tablespoon of powder left out.
4. If you do not have roasted gram dal, then you can also use chickpea flour (besan / kadalai maavu).
5. Do not add more than necessary amount of water. The coconut will provide enough moisture and grease.
6. After making the balls, always keep it covered as they tend to crack upon drying out.
These vazhakkai kola urundai has multiple uses. You can either serve it as side dish to rice as you would serve vazhakkai chips.
Use it as a kofta in Chettinad masala kuzhambu, which I shall share the recipe later on orsimply serve it as an evening snack with tomato ketchup which the kids will definitely love to eat.
If you follow the recipe to the T, these balls will not even use that much oil even though you are deep frying them.
You can check out the recipes using vazhakkai like this Chettiand Vazhakkai Kurma, Vazhakkai Roast, Vazhakkai Podimas and Vazhakkai Chips.
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Vazhakkai Kola Urundai Recipe details below:
Recipe
Vazhakkai Kola Urundai Recipe | Raw Banana Kofta | Vegan Meat Balls
Vazhakkai Kola Urundai or Raw Banana Kofta made using plantains.
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Prep Time : 10 minutes mins
Cook Time : 30 minutes mins
Total Time : 40 minutes mins
Servings : 15 balls
Course : Snacks
Cuisine : South Indian
Author : Radhika
Ingredients
- Vazhakkai or Raw banana - 1
- Garlic pods – 4 to 5
- Pottukadalai or roasted gram - ¼ cup
- Fresh grated coconut – ¼ cup
- Red chili powder – 1 tbsp
- Fennel seeds – 1 tsp
- Curry leaves – 1 sprig
- Salt – to taste
- Oil – to deep fry
Instructions
Using a mixie jar, finely powder the roasted gram dal and keep it aside.
Crush the garlic pods and keep it ready.
Wash the vazhakkai and trim the edges. Cut it into two horizontally and pressure cook in enough water for 4 to 5 whistles.
Once the pressure releases, remove the plantain pieces and peel off the skin. It will easily come away.
Now either grate the plantain or mash it well using a fork and keep it aside. I grated it as it will be even and easier to mix as well.
In a skillet, heat 2 teaspoon oil.
Add fennel seeds and when it sizzles, add the crushed garlic pods and sauté till it changes color. Switch off the stove.
Immediately add the red chili powder and sauté for 5 seconds to mix well. This will prevent the powder from getting burnt.
Add grated coconut and sauté in the heat of the pan itself till everything gets mixed well. Let the mixture cool completely.
Transfer this to a mixie jar and grind well. You may use 1 or 2 teaspoon water to grind and no more than that.
Add the grated vazhakkai or raw banana, salt and grind using the whip button at regular intervals till everything gets mixed well.
Transfer the ground mixture to a bowl. It will be sticky to your touch.
Add powdered roasted gram little by little and begin to knead with your fingers, crushing any thick pieces of raw banana. This will take less than 2 mins.
There will come a stage when the mixture does not stick to your fingers anymore. Check salt now and add more if necessary.
Make small balls to the size of a gooseberry and set aside.
Keep the balls covered to prevent from drying out.
Heat a pan with oil for deep frying.
When hot drop 5 to 6 balls at a time and deep fry till golden brown.
Drain onto a kitchen paper.
Vazhakkai kola urundai is ready.
Serve hot either as a side dish to rice or as a kofta in gravy or as a snack with some tomato ketchup.
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Comments
Prabha
Your instructions are simply accurate. Today I made these urundai for dinner and nobody would believe it was vazakkai!! Bless you radhika for coming to our kitchen through your recipes.Reply
Radhika
Awww...you made my day Prabha. Thank you for such a lovely feedback. Keep visiting.
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anubhavati
Kola Urundai looks awesome! They look so perfectly rounded and well fried and crunchy. Altho I am from tamil nadu, we never make it in our homes. Want to try to add it to kofta sauce@!
Love the clicks Radhika.Shobha
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Sireesha Puppala
Amazing clicks radhika! Love the shapes
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Hamaree Rasoi
Delicious and lovely looking banana koftas. Can't resist trying them out this weekend.
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sangeetha pn
wow! they look fabulous! 🙂 How I wish I get few to taste.. they have to be delicious! 🙂 lovely clicks
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Sona S
Love the way you have presented it.. They have come out perfect and looks delicious!
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Sony P
Wonderful clicks dear ....... Delicious too!!
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Sangeetha Nambi
Wow ! That's a gud innovation !
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AparnaRajeshkumar
fantastic photo.. and i have tasted the gravy version with Coconut milk rice. tasty is indeed.
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divya
looks sooo tempting n delicious....awesome clicks too.
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Nalini's Kitchen
Delicious looking kola urundai,we do make it same way...awesome clicks.
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anusha praveen
They look like vella cheedai to me. Perfect rounds of yumminess. I can imagine how it would have tasted with some chutney or ketchup by the side!
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Roshni
love that coffee mug photo...
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Veena Theagarajan
perfectly done.. Very tempting kola balls
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Eliza Lincy
So healthy and yummy kola balls. Love your photography. No one can beat ur photos. It is really nice.
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Anupa Joseph (Palaharam)
They look lovely...love the way u call them vegan meat balls 🙂
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