Mochar Ghonto
Banana blossoms are cooked with potatoes and a specific blend of spices to make the popular vegetarian Bengali dish known as mochar ghonto.
Yield: 4
Materials
- 2 cups Banana Blossom chopped and boiled
- 2 nos Potato, medium dice
- 1 no Dry Red Chili
- 1 no Bay Leaf
- ½ teaspoon Cumin Seeds
- 2 no Green Chili
- 1 teaspoon Turmeric Powder
- 1 teaspoon Cumin Powder
- 1 teaspoon Coriander Powder
- ¼ cup Mustard Oil
- 1 tablespoon Coconut grated
- ½ teaspoon Sugar
- Salt to taste
- 1 tablespoon Ghee
Instructions
- Heat 2 tablespoon of oil in a pan and fry the potatoes adding little turmeric powder and salt.
- Once potatoes fried golden, take them out from the pan and keep aside.
- Now heat the remaining oil and add cumin seeds, dry red chili and bay leaf in the oil.
- Once they start crackling, add boiled and mashed banana blossom in the oil.
- Stir fry the banana blossom for few minutes and next add spice powders including salt, turmeric powder, cumin powder and coriander powder.
- After 5-7 minutes, add fried potatoes and green chili and stir for few more minutes.
- Add 1 cup of water and allow to cook for some time by covering the pan with a lid.
- Season the curry with salt and sugar as needed.
- Once the water dries up and turn off the heat and add ghee and grated coconut on top.