Mochar Ghonto - Banana Blossom Stir Fry
Banana blossom is finely chopped and cooked without any onion and garlic with minimal spices into a rich and delicious pure vegetarian delight.
Ingredients
- 1 no banana flower or mocha
- ½ tsp turmeric powder
- 1 large potato optional
- ½ cup boiled Bengal gram
- 1 no dried bay leaf
- ½ tsp cumin seeds
- 2 nos dried red chillies
- 1 tsp freshly grated ginger
- ½ tsp cumin powder
- ½ tsp red chilli powder optional
- ¼ tsp Bengali garam masala recipe link in the main text
- ½ tsp sugar
- 1 tbsp ghee
- 1 tbsp mustard oil
- ½ cup freshly grated coconut
- salt to taste
Instructions
- Prepare the banana blossom as instructed in the main text. Wash thoroughly under running water and then add salt and turmeric powder to the mocha.
- Transfer everything to a pressure cooker. Add enough water to cover the banana blossoms and then close the lid and pressure cook it for 6-8 mins or 1 whistle. Alternatively, you can also boil it with water in a sauce pan till the banana blossoms have softened
- Peel the potato and cut it into very small cubes.
- Once done, squeeze out all the water and yuor banana blossom is ready to be cooked In a kadhai or a wok, heat mustard oil and temper it with dried red chili, bay leaf and then cumin seeds.
- If you are using potatoes, add the chopped potatoes to the oil at this point.
- Stir fry on high heat for a couple of minutes and then lower the heat, cover and let the potatoes cook. Once the potatoes are half cooked add the banana blossoms.
- Add cummin powder and red chili powder and give eveything a good mix.
- Add the freshly grated ginger also to this
- Now keep stirring and cooking until everythung has come togetehr and the potatoes have become soft.
- Mix the boiled Bengal gram, add sugar, adjust salt and finally add ghee and garam masala.
- Add freshly grated coconut and take it off heat
- Serve Mochar Ghonto with steamed rice.