Recipe: At Home Mochar Ghonto

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Mochar Ghonto. 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. If you like this recipe, you can also try other Bengali recipes such as Bengali Luchi Bengali Chirer Pulao Chanar.

Banana flowers have amazing health benefits as they are loaded with protein, fibre, calcium, iron and minerals like.

Bengali Niramish Mochar Ghonto is an indulgent dish, and low-oil version of it won't taste like an authentic Bengali Mochar Ghonto.

Mochar Ghonto or মোচার ঘন্ট is a Bengali vegetarian dish with banana blossoms.

You can cook Mochar Ghonto using 20 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Mochar Ghonto

1. Prepare of Banana flower.

2. Prepare of Potatoes Chopped into small pieces.

3. Prepare of Green chilli Chopped into small.

4. Prepare of Boiled chana dal.

5. You need of Grated coconut.

6. Prepare of Ginger paste.

7. It’s of Oil.

8. Prepare of Cumin.

9. Prepare of Bay Leaf.

10. Prepare of Cinnamon stick.

11. Prepare of Cardamoms.

12. Prepare of cloves.

13. Prepare of Turmeric powder.

14. It’s of Chilli powder.

15. You need of Garam masala powder.

16. Prepare of Sugar.

17. You need of Salt.

18. Prepare of Ghee.

19. It’s of Coriander leaves.

20. Prepare of Curry leaves.

It is an age-old traditional Indian recipe.

The word "Mocha" does not relate to coffee in Bengali.

Rather, it is the blossom of banana, which grows in plenty all.

Mochar ghonto or banana blossom stir fry is unanimously the star of any lunch menu, yet it is so elusive.

Mochar Ghonto instructions

1. Peel the skin of the banana blossoms and keep only flowers. Remove the veins inside of the small flowers. Colour of flowers get changes quickly. Put the chopped banana in the buttermilk..

2. In the cooker, add chopped banana flower and a little turmeric powder, salt and cook until a whistle..

3. Heat oil in a pan and then add the cinnamon, cloves and cardamom. Then add the bay leaf..

4. Then change the flame to medium and add the cumin and ginger paste..

5. Now add the chopped potatoes, cover the pan and simmer for 10 minutes in a medium heat..

6. Then add curry leaves and green chillies..

7. Then add the boiled Chana dal and boiled banana flower.

8. Add turmeric powder, chilli powder, garam masala powder, salt and a little water..

9. Cover the lid and cook for another 10 mins until the curry gets thick..

10. Now add the grated coconut and stir for 5 more minutes..

11. Then add the sugar, coriander leaves and ghee and stir well and switch off the flame..

12. Delicious Bengal Mochar Ghonto ready..

Mochar ghonto can be prepared in both veg and non-veg ways.

Some like it with shrimps including me, others use simply coconut and desi chickpea or chola (kala chana).

I have prepared a vegetarian version of it, though secretly I love the.

Mochar Ghonto is a delicacy in traditional Bengali Cuisine.

This signature dish is delicately spiced, has a subtle sweetness and a hint of coconut that compliments the flavour of the banana flower.