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#mocharghonto #bananaflowercurry #BongBawarchi Mochar Ghonto Recipe - Traditional Banana Blossom Curry - Bengali Vegetarian Recipe with Banana Flower 'Mocha'. 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.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook mochar ghonto (banana blossom curry - bengali style) using 22 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Mochar Ghonto (Banana Blossom Curry - Bengali Style):

1. Get 2 banana blossom, cleaned and chopped finely
2. Prepare 1 potato cubed
3. Make ready 1/2 cup black chana (chickpeas), boiled
4. Take 1/2 cup grated fresh coconut
5. Make ready 3 tbsp. mustard oil
6. Prepare 2 bay leaves
7. Make ready 2 dry red chilies
8. Get 1/2 tsp. cumin seeds
9. Take 1" cinnamon
10. Prepare 2 green cardamoms
11. Get 4 cloves
12. Prepare 1 onion chopped
13. Take 1 tsp. ginger-garlic paste
14. Make ready 1/2 tsp. turmeric powder
15. Prepare 1/2 tsp. red chilli powder
16. Prepare 1 tsp. roasted coriander-cumin powder
17. Take 1/2 tsp. garam masala powder
18. Prepare to taste salt
19. Take 2 green chilies slit
20. Take 1 tsp. atta (whole wheat flour) mixed with 1/4 cup water
21. Prepare 1 tsp. ghee (clarified butter)
22. Prepare 1 tsp. fresh grated coconut and green chilies to garnish (opt)

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. Mochar Ghonto or Banana Flower or Blossom Curry is another traditional Bengali preparation which is disappearing from our pantry these days.

Steps to make Mochar Ghonto (Banana Blossom Curry - Bengali Style):

1. Soak the chopped banana blossom in tamarind water for an hour. Drain and pressure cook in required quantity of water, salt and pinch of turmeric powder for 4-5 whistles. Drain the water, rinse and mash well. Keep aside.
2. Heat 1 tsp. oil in non-stick pan and fry the coconut till golden in colour. Keep aside. Heat 1 tbsp. oil and fry the potatoes till light brown. keep aside.
3. Heat remaining oil and temper with bay leaves, dry red chilies, cumin seeds, cinnamon, cardamoms and cloves. Saute for a few seconds till the spluttering stops.
4. Add the onion and fry till light brown. Now add the ginger-garlic paste and all the dry spices (except salt and garam masala powder) mixed with little water to form a paste.
5. Saute on a low flame till oil separates. Add the boiled banana blossom, green chilies, fried potatoes and boiled black chickpeas. Saute till the moisture dries up. Sprinkle some water and continue to cook for another 5-7 minutes.
6. Now add the flour paste and combine well. Cook for a further 1-2 minutes. When done, add the ghee, fried coconut and the garam masala.
7. Give it a mix and garnish with green chilies and coriander leaves. Serve either with plain steamed rice or any Indian bread.

When they start to crackle add pre-cooked banana flowers and mix well. Sprinkle turmeric powder, red chilli powder, cumin powder and give it a good stir. Mochar Ghonto, in Bengali 'Mochar' means 'banana blossom' & 'Ghonto' is roughly a 'mashed stir fry'. Prepping banana blossoms is a labourious activity, but it is worth every bead of sweat. This recipe is our take on the famous Bengali delicacy.

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