Mochar Ghonto (Banana Blossom Curry - Bengali Style)
Mochar Ghonto (Banana Blossom Curry - Bengali Style)

Hello everybody, it is me, Dave, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, mochar ghonto (banana blossom curry - bengali style). It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

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To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook mochar ghonto (banana blossom curry - bengali style) using 22 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Mochar Ghonto (Banana Blossom Curry - Bengali Style):
  1. Get banana blossom, cleaned and chopped finely
  2. Get potato cubed
  3. Make ready black chana (chickpeas), boiled
  4. Take grated fresh coconut
  5. Take mustard oil
  6. Take bay leaves
  7. Make ready dry red chilies
  8. Get cumin seeds
  9. Get cinnamon
  10. Take green cardamoms
  11. Get cloves
  12. Get onion chopped
  13. Prepare ginger-garlic paste
  14. Prepare turmeric powder
  15. Prepare red chilli powder
  16. Get roasted coriander-cumin powder
  17. Make ready garam masala powder
  18. Prepare salt
  19. Make ready green chilies slit
  20. Make ready atta (whole wheat flour) mixed with 1/4 cup water
  21. Prepare ghee (clarified butter)
  22. Prepare fresh grated coconut and green chilies to garnish (opt)
Instructions to make Mochar Ghonto (Banana Blossom Curry - Bengali Style):
  1. 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.
  2. Heat 1 tsp. oil in non-stick pan and fry the coconut till golden in colour. Keep aside. Heat 1 tbsp. oil and fry the potatoes till light brown. keep aside.
  3. Heat remaining oil and temper with bay leaves, dry red chilies, cumin seeds, cinnamon, cardamoms and cloves. Saute for a few seconds till the spluttering stops.
  4. Add the onion and fry till light brown. Now add the ginger-garlic paste and all the dry spices (except salt and garam masala powder) mixed with little water to form a paste.
  5. Saute on a low flame till oil separates. Add the boiled banana blossom, green chilies, fried potatoes and boiled black chickpeas. Saute till the moisture dries up. Sprinkle some water and continue to cook for another 5-7 minutes.
  6. Now add the flour paste and combine well. Cook for a further 1-2 minutes. When done, add the ghee, fried coconut and the garam masala.
  7. Give it a mix and garnish with green chilies and coriander leaves. Serve either with plain steamed rice or any Indian bread.

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