Hey everyone, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, mochar ghonto (bengali style banana blossoms curry). It is one of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
The 'Mochar Ghonto' is a traditional Bengali preparation, where the banana flowers are cooked along with potato and aromatic spices. 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 such as Mochar Ghonto is a #bengali vegetarian dish with banana blossoms. It is an age-old traditional Indian recipe.
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To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have mochar ghonto (bengali style banana blossoms curry) using 16 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Mochar Ghonto (Bengali style Banana blossoms curry):
- Make ready 1 Mocha or Banana blossom
- Prepare 1 Potato cubes
- Make ready 1 Dry red chilli
- Get Pinch Turmeric powder
- Get 1 tsp Cumin powder
- Prepare 1 tsp Garam masala powder
- Take 1 tsp Curd
- Get 1 tsp Tomato
- Take 1 Ginger Sliced
- Prepare 1/2 cup Coconut, chopped
- Get As per taste Sugar and salt
- Take As required Mustard oil
- Get For tempering:
- Make ready 2 Green Cardamom
- Get 1 Bay leaf
- Get 1 Cinnamon stick
And the mocha or the banana blossom was something that occupied prime real estate in the Bengali vegetarian menu. Now, how to make Banana Blossom Curry (Mochar Ghonto): First sprinkle a little water on the mustard seeds and sugar & then paste it properly. Take small Cardamom, Cloves & Cinnamon separately and grind them together. Now mix the milk with the coconut paste.
Instructions to make Mochar Ghonto (Bengali style Banana blossoms curry):
- First, the crucial step is peeling off the blossoms. First, rub some oil on the hand. Then peel off the layer and cut out the floret. Chop them and soak then in the water. Add turmeric powder in the water and soak it overnight.
- Next morning drain out the water. Put the chopped mocha in the pressure cooker. Also, add the potatoes and pressure cook it for 2 whistles. Take it out and let it cool.
- Now take the tomato, ginger and chop them. Put them in a grinder. Add the chopped coconut. Blend into a smooth paste. Also, add the red chilli in it.
- Take a pan. Add mustard oil. Put the bay leaf, green cardamom and cinnamon sticks. As flavour comes out, add the potatoes.
- After few minutes of tossing, add the mocha.
- Saute them for a while. Add the masala paste of tomato, ginger and coconut. Mix them. Cover it for few minutes.
- Add salt, turmeric powder and cumin powder. Cook for few minutes more.
- Add curd and mix it.
- Add water as much needed. Add the garam masala powder, cook it for few more minutes then transfer to a bowl and serve hot.
Take small Cardamom, Cloves & Cinnamon separately and grind them together. Now mix the milk with the coconut paste. You might ace a little difficulty to prepare the 'Mocha' or banana blossom to cook. It is a time consuming process too. It needs more time to prepare the 'mocha' rather for cooking.
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