Mocha Bhorta or Banana Blossom mashed

Name: Mocha Bhorta or Banana Blossom mashed
Total time: 1500 s
Yield: 4-5 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 banana blossom or Mocha; 1/4 cup poppy seed or Posto plus 5-6 green chillies; 2 medium size potatoes; 5-6 Tbsp mustard oil; 1/2 tsp salt

Madhumita Bishnu @Madhubish27

Kolkata

#CA26
Mocha or Banana Blossom is a very popular ingredient in Bengali households. There is nothing that goes waste in a Banana tree- stem, flower, fruit and leaf all are used. This is a Bhorta and adding Poppy seed and Potatoes gives a distinctive flavour

Madhumita Bishnu @Madhubish27

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Ingredients

Prep time -15 mins, Cooking -10 mins

4-5 servings

1banana blossom or Mocha
1/4 cuppoppy seed or Posto plus 5-6 green chillies
2medium size potatoes
5-6 Tbspmustard oil
1/2 tspsalt

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Steps

Prep time -15 mins, Cooking -10 mins

1

Wash the Banana blossom and peel the petals till the very inside, cut off the stock and add to a pressure cooker alongwith potatoes to boil for 1 whistle, set aside, depressurise and peel the potatoes and mash, cut the boiled Mocha
2

Mashed potatoes
3

In a bowl soak poppy seed or Posto with green chillies and make a paste with little water in a shil. Add salt and mix
4

Add the boiled cut Mocha to a blender and blend smooth
5

In a pan heat oil, add mocha, stir, add mashed potatoes and mix well, add salt and mix, add Posto paste and mix all together
6

Mix all together
7

Serve on rice and drizzle mustard oil and add green chillies

Tips

Soak Posto for 4-5 hrs to get a good paste adding very little water

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Madhumita Bishnu @Madhubish27

on May 11, 2026 02:56

Kolkata

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