Mochar Ghonto (Traditional Banana Blossom Curry)
Mochar Ghonto (Traditional Banana Blossom Curry)

Hello everybody, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, mochar ghonto (traditional banana blossom curry). One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

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#mocharghonto #bananaflowercurry #BongBawarchi Mochar Ghonto Recipe - Traditional Banana Blossom Curry - Bengali Vegetarian Recipe with Banana Flower 'Mocha'. Mochar Ghonto Recipe, a traditional Bengali preparation of the banana blossom which is a star of the Vegetarian Bengali menu. Today I will show you how I make Mochar Ghonto.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook mochar ghonto (traditional banana blossom curry) using 22 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Mochar Ghonto (Traditional Banana Blossom Curry):
  1. Take 1 Banana blossom or Mocha big-sized:
  2. Prepare 2 Medium-sized potatoes peeled and cubed:
  3. Prepare Deskinned coconut pieces pea-sized, but cut into tiny cubes: handful
  4. Take 1 inch Cinnamon stick:
  5. Prepare 4 Green cardamoms split
  6. Take 6 Cloves
  7. Prepare 1 Bay leaf
  8. Prepare 2 Dried red chillies broken into a few pieces
  9. Take 1/2 tsp Cumin seeds
  10. Make ready 3/4 tsp Ginger paste
  11. Prepare 1.5 tsp Homemade Cumin paste or powder
  12. Get 3/4 tsp Turmeric powder
  13. Make ready 1 tsp Red chilli powder
  14. Make ready 1/2 (1 bowl) or a handful Brown chickpeas boiled with salt
  15. Get 1/4 th of a freshly scraped coconut
  16. Prepare 1.5 tbsp scraped coconut for the garnish
  17. Take As required Oil
  18. Prepare 1.5 tbsp Cow ghee
  19. Prepare 4 Green chillies
  20. Prepare to taste Salt
  21. Get 1.25 tsp Sugar
  22. Make ready 1/2 tsp Garam Masala powder

Banana tree is nothing short of a miracle and I believe you all will agree with me on that! There is no part of this tree which is. Mochar Ghonto or Banana Flower or Blossom Curry is another traditional Bengali preparation which is disappearing from our pantry these days. They convinced me, our pantry is full of veggies too.

Instructions to make Mochar Ghonto (Traditional Banana Blossom Curry):
  1. Prepare the banana flowers prior in advance. Separate all the inner florets neatly arranged inside each purplish-maroon petal. Discard all the thick maroon petals, until you almost reach the core where the petals aren’t red anymore. As you approach the core, the petals become interlocked. As these petals are comparatively much softer, we will chop off the whole little cone very finely, which we obtained from the inside part of a mocha.
  2. After removing the unwanted parts from each flower, these flowers are chopped finely and soaked immediately (to prevent blackening) for a few hours in a dish of water with salt and turmeric powder. Soaking helps in getting rid of bitterness. This water is strained after at least three hours and discarded. The banana flowers are now transferred to a pressure cooker with some water and salt. Let it have three whistles on a simmered flame.
  3. Heat oil in a pan. When the oil is hot, reduce the flame and add the bay leaf, dried red chillies and the whole Garam masala (cinnamon, cloves and green cardamoms). Add the cumin seeds and wait until the colour changes to light brown. Add the potatoes and fry it till golden brown. Add the brown chickpeas. Using water, make a paste of the cumin powder, turmeric powder, red chilli powder, salt and ginger paste.
  4. When the aroma of the spices emanates from the pan (i.e., after around 2 min of cooking), add the cooked and semi-mashed banana flowers or mocha. Add chilli powder, salt and sugar. On a high flame, cook it for around 15 min, sautéing continuously, until most of the water dries out.
  5. Open the lid. Sauté continuously, adding fried coconut pieces, sugar and the ghee. Also add the garam masala. Cook until little oil/ghee leaves the sides of the pan. Check for the salt. In case more salt is needed, add at this stage and cook for 2 min, until well-mixed. Mochar ghoto is slightly on sweeter side, so check the sugar and adjust as per taste.
  6. Garnish with around freshly grated coconut. Serve the Mochar Ghonto hot with steamed rice.

It really made me think twice and I came up with the idea of bringing out few of our traditional veggie. Mochar ghonto or banana blossom stir fry is unanimously the star of any lunch menu, yet it is so elusive. Like all Bengali vegetarian dishes, Mochar ghonto too is pure veg recipe sans any onions or garlic. Even though it can gleefully accommodate prawns or shrimps, only the small ones but onions. "Mochar Ghonto" is a traditional Bengali side dish for lunch. This kind of veg curry goes well with steamed rice.

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