Bandhakopi’r Ghonto Thakurbari style

Name: Bandhakopi’r Ghonto Thakurbari style
Total time: 2400 s
Yield: 3-4 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 small cabbage; 1 large potato washed, peeled and cubed; 1/4 cup peas; 3 Tbsp paste of coriander powder, turmeric powder, red chilli powder; 2 Tbsp milk mixed with 1 tsp cumin powder and 1 tsp sugar; 1 Tbsp hot water added to 3 green cardamoms, 4 cloves and 1” cinnamon stick; 1 tsp hing in 1 Tbsp water; 1/4 cup mustard oil; 1/4 cup ghee; 1 tsp cumin seeds; 1 bay leaf

Madhumita Bishnu @Madhubish27

Kolkata

#TOF
This dish is a classic one from Pragyasundari Debi’s book ‘Aamish o Niramish Ahar’. Ghonto is very much a part of Bengali Thali and is eaten after Chorchori. This Ghonto has the unique ingredient of mixing milk with cumin powder and sugar. Also, hing or asafoetida is mixed with hot water as a part of tempering the Ghonto

Madhumita Bishnu @Madhubish27

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Ingredients

Prep time -10 mins, Cooking time -30 mins

3-4 servings

1small cabbage
1large potato washed, peeled and cubed
1/4 cuppeas
3 Tbsppaste of coriander powder, turmeric powder, red chilli powder
2 Tbspmilk mixed with 1 tsp cumin powder and 1 tsp sugar
1 Tbsphot water added to 3 green cardamoms, 4 cloves and 1” cinnamon stick
1 tsphing in 1 Tbsp water
1/4 cupmustard oil
Tempering
1/4 cupghee
1 tspcumin seeds
1bay leaf

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Steps

Prep time -10 mins, Cooking time -30 mins

1

Wash the potato, peel and cube, cut the cabbage fine.
2

In a earthen pot heat oil and add potatoes and cabbage and fry until the cabbage has some colour on it - approx 5 mins
3

Add peas and stir for 1 min. Add the paste water of turmeric + red chilli + coriander powder and cook until the cabbage and potatoes are cooked.
4

Add the milk + sugar + cumin powder in water and cook until the cabbage is fully cooked. Add hing in water, mix and set aside
5

Tempering - in a wok heat ghee, add cumin seeds and bay leaf and when cumin seeds splutter, add the cooked cabbage to it and mix well
6

Add the cinnamon + cloves + green cardamoms paste in water to the cabbage and the Ghonto is done

Tips

The cabbage should be a small one
The milk with sugar and cumin powder should be given when the cabbage is mostly cooked

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Madhumita Bishnu @Madhubish27

on December 09, 2025 17:56

Kolkata

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