Banana Blossom Appetizer or Mochar Chop

Name: Banana Blossom Appetizer or Mochar Chop
Total time: 2700 s
Yield: 3 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 cup banana flower(mocha) chopped and boiled; 2 potatoes boiled; 1 onion chopped; 1 tsp ginger paste; 1 tbsp gramflour; 2 tbsp cornflour or maida; 1 cup breadcrumbs; 1 tbsp roasted peanuts; 2 green chillies chopped; 1/4 th tsp red chilli powder; 1/4 th tsp garam masala; 1 tbsp coriander chopped; As needed oil for frying; To taste salt and sugar

Kumkum Chatterjee @cook_12055532

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Mocha or Banana Blossom is an all time favorite in Bengali cuisine and it can be cooked in various ways like curries,koftas, cutlets etc.The chopping process is a bit tedious but the end result is a delicious delicacy.Greasing hands before chopping is a must to avoid black stains on fingers.Mocha or banana flower has many health benefits.It is rich in iron,vitamins and minerals.So if the flowers are not bitter,the water in which they are soaked can be used while boiling and dried up in it. Mochar chop or cutlet is mildly sweet, a bit spicy and crunchy which can be served as a tea time snack or appetiser.

Kumkum Chatterjee @cook_12055532

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Ingredients

45 minutes

3 servings

1 cupbanana flower(mocha) chopped and boiled
2potatoes boiled
1onion chopped
1 tspginger paste
1 tbspgramflour
2 tbspcornflour or maida
1 cupbreadcrumbs
1 tbsproasted peanuts
2green chillies chopped
1/4th tsp red chilli powder
1/4th tsp garam masala
1 tbspcoriander chopped
As neededoil for frying
To tastesalt and sugar

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Steps

45 minutes

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.