Banana flower with Shrimps mocha diye chingri

Name: Banana flower with Shrimps mocha diye chingri
Total time: 1800 s
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 full banana flower (chopped, cleaned); 2 potato(small cubed); 250 gm shrimps; 1 cup coconut paste; 1/4 cup fried coconut (cut into small cubes); 2 cloves; 1/2 stick cinnamon; 2 cardamom pods; 1 bay leaf; 2 green chillies(splitted); 1/4 tsp cumin seeds; 1 tbsp turmeric powder; 1 tsp ginger paste; 1 tsp cumin paste or powder; 1/2 tsp sugar; to taste Salt; 1 tbsp mustard oil; 1 tsp clarified butter/ ghee

Deepanjali Das @cook_12477078

#GA4
#week25
This delicious Bengali delicacy is made with a wonderful healthy vegetable(though lookwise not veygood )- the banana flower known as mocha in bengali,cooked with shrimps & coconut.

Deepanjali Das @cook_12477078

#GA4
#week25
This delicious Bengali delicacy is made with a wonderful healthy vegetable(though lookwise not veygood )- the banana flower known as mocha in bengali,cooked with shrimps & coconut.

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Ingredients

30 mints

4 servings

1full banana flower (chopped, cleaned)
2potato(small cubed)
250 gmshrimps
1 cupcoconut paste
1/4 cupfried coconut (cut into small cubes)
2cloves
1/2 stickcinnamon
2cardamom pods
1bay leaf
2green chillies(splitted)
1/4 tspcumin seeds
1 tbspturmeric powder
1 tspginger paste
1 tspcumin paste or powder
1/2 tspsugar
to tasteSalt
1 tbspmustard oil
1 tspclarified butter/ ghee

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Steps

30 mints

1

Cleaned, chopped the banana flower.Then soak it in turmeric powder for 15 mints.
2

Strain the chopped banana flower from turmeric water & steamed it in a pressure cooker for 2,3 whistles.Cool it & again strain it on a strainer.
3

Clean the shrimps & then lightly stir fry in mustard oil with salt, turmeric powder (don't overcooked it), keep aside.
4

Fry the small cubed potatoes in a kadai till golden brown & keep aside.
5

Then in the same oil add cumin seeds, bay leaf, cloves, cinnamon, cardamom pods, splitter green chillies & saute for 1-2 mint till the aroma comes out.
6

Now add the coconut paste & saute for 1-2 mints. Then add ginger paste, cumin #InviteAndEarnpaste or powder, salt,turmeric powder, sugar & cook till the raw smell is gone & the oil separates.
7

Now add the steamed banana flowers & saute for few mints.
8

Add the fried potatoes, fried shrimps,fried coconuts & mix well.Add some lukewarm water & stir well.
9

Cover it with a lid & cooked it for another few mints.
10

Then switch off the flame, drizzle some ghee on the top & serve hot with steamed rice.