Hey everyone, it is me, Dave, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, banana blossom/vazhaipoo/mocha curry(bangladeshi style)❤. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Great recipe for Banana Blossom/Vazhaipoo/Mocha Curry(Bangladeshi style). #nonindian Banana flower/Banana Blossom/Plantain flower/Vazhaipoo is what we call mocha in my mother tongue. Bengali is a delicacy to have. It is rich in Vitamin C, Vitamin E and Vitamin A. Banana flower/Banana Blossom/Plantain flower/Vazhaipoo is what we call mocha in my mother tongue.
Banana Blossom/Vazhaipoo/Mocha Curry(Bangladeshi style)❤ is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. They are nice and they look fantastic. Banana Blossom/Vazhaipoo/Mocha Curry(Bangladeshi style)❤ is something that I’ve loved my whole life.
To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have banana blossom/vazhaipoo/mocha curry(bangladeshi style)❤ using 12 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Banana Blossom/Vazhaipoo/Mocha Curry(Bangladeshi style)❤:
- Take 1/2 kg Plantain Flower
- Take 1 cup chopped onions
- Take 1/2 cup Vinegar
- Make ready 7-8 pieces green chillies
- Take 1 teaspoon termeric powder
- Take 1/2 teaspoon red chilli powder
- Make ready 1/4 teaspoon cumin powder
- Make ready 1 teaspoon Coriender powder
- Make ready 1 teaspoon ginger and garlic paste
- Make ready Salt as required
- Get Water as required
- Make ready 3 tablespoon mustard oil
These pretty flowers 'Mocha' in Bengali means Plantain flowers or Banana blossoms. Plantain Flowers have amazing health benefits. They are high source of vitamins and minerals and also helps to prevent infections. They are beneficial for nursing mothers as it is believed to increase breast milk.
Instructions to make Banana Blossom/Vazhaipoo/Mocha Curry(Bangladeshi style)❤:
- How to choose plantain Flower: Select a firm one with tightly packed petals.The Blossom should be Purplish Red in colour.Make sure it is not wilted off or decayed.If storing in a refrigerator wrap it up with a cling/plastic wrap.
- Cleaning : The Purplish Leaf like part of the Blossom is called the 'Bracts'. First, peel of the bracts, beneath these you can see a row of delicate light-yellow coloured Florets. Remove the florets and immediately soak them in an acidic water to avoid discolouration and bitterness. Continue to peel the bracts and remove the florets until you see a pale yellow coloured centre portion once the leaves become too small to peel.
- Trim the stem and discard it. Once sliced it will produce a sticky white sap. Finely chop them or cut them into the desired shape to suit your recipe and immerse it immediately in acidic water and let sit for 30 minutes to remove the bitter sap and avoid browning.
- What you need to clean are the light -yellow colour florets. We have to remove the thin sticks in the centre called Pistils and the outermost small scale like petal called Calyx. Remove the Pistils and the Calyx from the florets.
- Soak the cleaned florets in an acidic water for at least 30 minutes. Before using them rinse in cold water, drain and squeeze out excess water.
- Cooking : Wash the Mocha properly with clean water and boil it on stove.Then mash it with blunder for make a semi liquid mixchure.
- Now take a frypan,put some oil into it and heat it on a stove. Put some chopped onions and 5-6 pieces of green chillies into it and fry till the onions turns into lite brown color.
- Now put ginger garlic paste and salt into it and keep frying for 2 minutes. Put 1/2 cup water into it and put termeric powder, red chilli powder, cumin powder and coriender powder. Mix them well and cook for 10 minutes.
- When the mixture of spices remains properly cooked,put the mixchure of mocha into it and Fri untill it's perfectly cooked.
- Mocha is ready to serve.Enjoy it with rice/ bread etc.
They are high source of vitamins and minerals and also helps to prevent infections. They are beneficial for nursing mothers as it is believed to increase breast milk. Vazhaipoo Poriyal/Banana Blossom Sabzi or Banana Flower Stir fry is a very tasty side that goes perfect with a simple dal rice or perfect with chapathis. Made with potatoes and coconut, this is a vegetable which is very special and extremely healthy. Vaazhai poo or Banana blossom/flower is widely used in Asian cooking.
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