Mochar Ghonto (Banana Blossom Curry)
Mochar Ghonto (Banana Blossom Curry)

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Mochar Ghonto is a dry curry recipe and is often served along with steaming hot rice and ghee. If you like this recipe, you can also try other Bengali recipes To begin making the Mochar Ghonto recipe, we will first clean the banana blossom/plantain flower. Oil your hands and start working with the. Mocha is known as Banana flower or Banana Blossom.

To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have mochar ghonto (banana blossom curry) using 21 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Mochar Ghonto (Banana Blossom Curry):
  1. Prepare medium size banana blossom, cleaned and chopped finely
  2. Prepare potato, cubed
  3. Get boiled white / black chana (chickpeas)
  4. Prepare grated fresh coconut
  5. Get mustard oil
  6. Make ready bay leaves
  7. Take dry red chilies
  8. Prepare cumin seeds
  9. Make ready " cinnamon
  10. Get green cardamoms
  11. Make ready cloves
  12. Take ginger paste
  13. Make ready turmeric powder
  14. Make ready red chilli powder
  15. Make ready roasted cumin powder
  16. Get garam masala powder
  17. Take sugar (opt)
  18. Prepare salt
  19. Make ready green chilies, slit
  20. Get atta (whole wheat flour) mixed with 1/4 cup water
  21. Get ghee

Different recipes exist in different regions. Mochar Ghonto is a vegetarian Bengali recipe with banana flowers. You need to cook it in generous amount of mustard oil and the dish needs ghee by the end of cooking. Mochar Ghonto Recipe, a traditional Bengali preparation of the banana blossom which is a star of the Vegetarian Bengali menu.

Instructions to make Mochar Ghonto (Banana Blossom Curry):
  1. First I recommend you to put on disposable gloves as the iron content in these flowers will discolour your nails & fingers. Then peel the layers of the banana blossom & remove the florets. Then from each floret discard a thick stamen from the centre & the outer cover. This is pretty time consuming so just be patient as the end result is really yummy.
  2. Soak the chopped banana blossom in tamarind water for an hour. Drain and pressure cook in required quantity of water, salt and pinch of turmeric powder for 4-5 whistles. Drain the water, rinse and mash well. Keep aside.
  3. Dry roast the coconut till golden in colour. Keep aside.
  4. Heat oil in a pan & temper with cumin seeds, bay leaves, whole dry red chilies, cinnamon, cardamoms and cloves.
  5. Add the potatoes and stir fry till light brown.
  6. Add the ginger paste and all the dry spices (except garam masala powder) mixed with some water. Saute till the oil separates.
  7. Add the boiled banana blossom and green chilies. Saute for 2- minutes. Sprinkle some water and cook, covered on a low flame.
  8. When almost done, add the boiled chickpeas, sauteed coconut and flour paste. Mix everything well and cook for a further 2 minutes.
  9. When done, add garam masala powder & ghee. Give it a stir and switch the flame.
  10. Serve with hot steamed rice or chapatis.

You need to cook it in generous amount of mustard oil and the dish needs ghee by the end of cooking. Mochar Ghonto Recipe, a traditional Bengali preparation of the banana blossom which is a star of the Vegetarian Bengali menu. Mochar Ghonto, in Bengali 'Mochar' means 'banana blossom' & 'Ghonto' is roughly a 'mashed stir fry'. Prepping banana blossoms is a labourious activity, but it is worth Prep the banana blossoms, grind a basic Bengali garam masala and make the curry using potato, chickpeas and coconut milk. Mochar ghonto or banana blossom stir fry is unanimously the star of any lunch menu, yet it is so elusive.

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