How to Cook Yummy Banana Blossom Appetizer or Mochar Chop

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Banana Blossom Appetizer or Mochar Chop. Coming back to the banana blossom appetizer or mochar chop, I have arrived at this recipe (recipe courtesy: one of my friend who is a chef) after some trial and errors and found this works best for me. What to remove from the banana blossoms: Beneath every bracts lies the ordered rows of. Banna blossom appetizer with coconut and peanuts, it holds a special stature in Bengali cuisine.

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Mochar Ghonto is a delicious and dry curry recipe and is often served along with steaming hot rice and ghee. 'Mocha' in Bengali means Plantain flowers or Banana blossoms.

My own way of serving Mochar Chops: I added a handful of alfalfa sprouts to the plate, alongside tomato ketchup!

You can have Banana Blossom Appetizer or Mochar Chop using 14 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Banana Blossom Appetizer or Mochar Chop

1. Prepare 1 cup of banana flower(mocha) chopped and boiled.

2. You need 2 of potatoes boiled.

3. You need 1 of onion chopped.

4. You need 1 tsp of ginger paste.

5. It’s 1 tbsp of gramflour.

6. Prepare 2 tbsp of cornflour or maida.

7. It’s 1 cup of breadcrumbs.

8. It’s 1 tbsp of roasted peanuts.

9. Prepare 2 of green chillies chopped.

10. Prepare 1/4 of th tsp red chilli powder.

11. You need 1/4 of th tsp garam masala.

12. It’s 1 tbsp of coriander chopped.

13. Prepare As needed of oil for frying.

14. You need To taste of salt and sugar.

I strongly feel that Mochar Chop or cutlet made from banana blossoms, is one of the ultimate Bengali street food creations, which deserves every Bengali food connoisseur's salute.

Mochar chop or Banana Blossom Croquette is a delicacy from the land of Bengal.

Serve Banana Blossom (Flower) Fry / Mochar Ghonto with rice.

Mochar Chop Or Banana Blossom Croquettes.

Banana Blossom Appetizer or Mochar Chop instructions

1. Discard the purple petals of banana flower or mocha.Take out all the flowers inside each layer.Peel and remove the hard stick like stigma with round head and a transparent petal in each flower.Now chop the flowers finely and soak in a turmeric and salt solution for few hours or overnight.Discard this water if it tastes bitter.Pressure cook the chopped flowers with 1.5 cups water upto 2 whistles.Release pressure and strain out all water or dry up.Boil cubed potatoes and mash and mix both..

2. Add ginger paste,gramflour,breadcrumbs,chopped green chillies,coriander,red chilli powder, garam masala and half crushed peanuts.Knead to form a dough.Heat 2 tbsp oil and lightly fry the onion.Add the mashed dough and toss all.Divide into round balls and flatten slightly.Make a slurry of cornflour.Dip each chop or cutlet in it and double coat in breadcrumbs..

3. Refrigerate for an hour before frying.Heat 1.5 cups refined oil in a pan and deep fry the chops till golden brown.Serve hot delicious mochar chop/cutlet with tea or as a starter in parties with hot and sweet tomato sauce and sliced onion..

Mochar chop or banana blossom croquettes.

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For this chop/cutlet I used some frozen left over Mochar Ghonto or Banana Flower Veggy from previous night.

Fresh veggy can be prepared and.

Mochar Ghonto, in Bengali 'Mochar' means 'banana blossom' & 'Ghonto' is roughly a 'mashed stir fry'.