Banana Flower stir fry with Coconut (Mochar ghonto Narkel diye)

The holidays are over & I am back with different recipes which I tasted during my vacation. My ma, boro-mashi have prepared many tasty Bengali foods for me & now I am trying them one by one. So here is a recipe which I found in Chakdah, at Boro-mashi's home, Mochar Ghonto Narkel diye (Banana fritters stir fry with Coconut). I loved that & asked her recipe. So here it is!

Ingredients:

Banana Flower 1

Cumin seeds ½ tsp

Bay leaves 2

Cumin 1 tsp

Ginger paste 1 tsp

Turmeric powder 1/2 tea spoon

Garam Masala powder 1 tsp

Grated coconut 1/2 cup

Oil 3 tbs

Salt and sugar to taste

Method:

1. Once the florets have been cleaned, chop them into small size. Boil this with little salt till almost cooked. Remove water and keep florets aside.

2. Heat oil in a pan, add the cumin seeds and bay leaves, and once the seeds start to splutter, add the boiled mocha. Add turmeric powder and salt, cover the pan with a lid, and allow it to cook for 10 minutes on a slow flame; gently cook it by tossing and turning it several times.

3. Add ginger & cumin paste and mix them well. Also add a spoon of sugar to taste.

4. Add the grated coconut when all the ingredients are soft and the water has dried out.

5. Finally, add the garam masala mix & this is ready to serve.

Tips:

When peeling the mocha, apply some cooking oil/mustard oil to your hands to prevent the sticky juices of the mocha from staining your hands.

Mochar Kabab/Banana Flower Kabab

It s a very common vegetable used in our home, Kolar Mocha. In our local market, back in home-town, it is a common vegetable you will find in a certain period of year. But here, in local markets, I could not find it last year. This year luckily, on my way to my house, I saw it. I was surprised & overwhelmed. I brought a big one prepared two different recipes. One of them I am posting here. In my next post, I'll write about the other one.

So here is the recipe for Mochar Kabab. Hope you will try & give me some feedback.

Ingredients
Flower of Banana (or Mocha): One
2 tsp chilli powder
salt to taste
oil for deep frying

Method

1. For this you need the innermost conical part of banana blossom which is not possible to peel further.
2. Cut the conical part from the stem and boiled the whole thing in water for few minutes with added lemon juice.
3. Mash the banana blossom coarsely and keep aside.
4. Add maida, salt, turmeric powder, chilly powder, grated mushroom and mix well.
5. Divide the mixture into equal portions and shape them into small kebabs.
6. Heat the oil in a kadhai and deep fry the kebabs till they turn golden brown from all the sides.
7. Drain on an absorbent paper and serve hot.

Is there anyone reading these posts, or, I am on my own. Please give some feedback or some comment so that I can understand someone is there too :).
See ya!

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