Hey everyone, it’s Drew, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, banana flower dry curry or mocha ghonto. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
#moushumikirasoi Mocha (or banana flower) is a Bengali delicacy and has amazing health benefits. It is loaded with protein, fibre, calcium, iron and. Hello, everyone Today I am going to show you how to make MOCHA CHINGRIR GHONTO, It's a Bengali traditional dish.
Banana Flower Dry Curry or Mocha Ghonto is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions every day. Banana Flower Dry Curry or Mocha Ghonto is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have banana flower dry curry or mocha ghonto using 15 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Banana Flower Dry Curry or Mocha Ghonto:
- Take mocha or banana flower
- Take potatoes cut into cubed
- Get ginger paste
- Get cumin powder
- Make ready garam masala
- Prepare bay leaves
- Make ready turmeric powder
- Make ready red chilli powder
- Prepare green and red chillies
- Take dry red chilli
- Get salt and sugar
- Get mustard oil
- Get ghee
- Make ready coconut grated
- Make ready raisins
Banana grows abundantly in Eastern part of India, particularly in West Bengal, and it Mochar ghonto is a favorite delicacy among Bengalis, but it is somewhat difficult and time-consuming to prepare, which may intimidate the first-timer. Nowadays, we all are so busy that we don't get time to cook complex dish like Mocha-r Ghonto as it is very hard to cut Mocha or Banana Blossom. The easiest way is, you can get the canned mocha. It is available in any Chinese grocery store labelled as Banana Blossom in Water or Brine. 'Mocha' in Bengali means Plantain flowers or Banana blossoms.
Steps to make Banana Flower Dry Curry or Mocha Ghonto:
- To begin making this dish,first discard the purple petals.Take out the flowers from each layer.Remove a thin hard hair like thread with a round head called stigma and a transparent petal and chop them finely.Immerse in turmeric water for half hour or if possible overnight refrigerated.Pressure cook 3-4 whistles and drain water.
- Grate coconut and set aside.Cut potatoes into cubes.Heat mustard oil and sprinkle dry red chilli, cumin seeds and bay leaves.Smear little salt in cubed potatoes and fry in low flame till nearly done.Add ginger paste and grated coconut and fry..
- Now add the boiled banana flower,turmeric,red chilli powder and cumin powder.Also add salt and sugar to taste.Add 1/2 cup water and cook covered till done.Add grated coconut,raisins and ghee and toss.Garnish with green and red chillies.Boiled black chickpeas or lentil dumplings may be added to make it all the more flavourful.Serve hot in lunch with steamed rice.
Plantain Flowers have amazing health benefits. They are high source of vitamins and minerals and also Garnish with a teaspoon of ghee. Mochar Ghonto is a dry curry recipe and is often served along with steaming hot rice and ghee. This Mochar Ghonto aka Banana Flower Curry recipe belongs to my Granny's Kitchen. Be careful while you are cleaning.
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