Banana Blossoms Paturi or Mochar Paturi
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‘Mochar Paturi ' (Banana Blossom Cooked in Banana Leaf) is a very delicate Bengali recipe and goes very well with steamed rice or you can serve this as a starter too. This is a very easy , Flavourful, delicious and ofcourse very Healthy recipe.
Today I prepared it for the first time but from now love to prepared it again and again for my family as they enjoyed this delicacy a lot . @Madhubish27
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Ingredients
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1 medium size Banana blossom/flower
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1/2 cup coconut
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1 tsp black mustard seeds
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1 1/2 tsp white/yellow mustard seeds
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1 tsp poppy seeds
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4-5 green chilli
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3 tbsp mustard oil
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to taste Salt
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1/2 tsp turmeric powder
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1 banana leaf or as required
Cooking Instructions
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1
Firstly, Clean the banana flower that you have individual banana blossoms with their calyx and pistil removed. Transfer the cleaned blossoms to a saucepan with 1/2tsp salt, 1/2tsp turmeric and 2 cup water. Cover and keep it for 2-3 hours.
Drain the water completely and wash once to remove the extra salt and turmeric before using.
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Further, in a pressure cooker add banana flower, 1/4tsp salt and 1/2cup water Cook till 3 whistles. Once it comes to room temperature, drain extra water completely.
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In a grinding jar add black mustard seeds, white mustard seeds, poppy seeds and finely chopped coconut, grind until smooth by adding water as required.
Keep it ready.
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4
Drain the water from banana flower as much as possible and mash it properly.
In a bowl add mashed banana flower, mustard and coconut paste, 1tsp mustard oil and 1tsp salt or to taste. Combine all together.
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Now coat the banana leaf pieces with mustard oil and roast those over a pan for a few seconds on both sides. This will help it to become more pliable so that it can be easily folded without breaking.
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Place one banana leaf, add 2tbsp blossoms mixture and 1 green chilli on the center. Carefully fold the two opposite sides of the leaf inward and then the next two sides inward to make a parcel. Tie the parcel with threads. Make all the parcels following the same
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Heat a non-stick pan or tawa with 2 tbsp mustard oil, place the parcels on the tawa and Cover the lid. Steam the parcels in low flame for 8-10 minutes. Or till you find the color of the leaf change. Flip the parcels and steam the other side for another 8-10 minutes.
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Once done take the parcels out from pan. Cut the threads.
Serve hot with steam rice.
Enjoy
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