Hello everybody, it’s Louise, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, banana blossom appetizer or mochar chop. It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Banana Blossom Appetizer or Mochar Chop is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals in the world. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Banana Blossom Appetizer or Mochar Chop is something which I’ve loved my entire life.

Fill Your Cart With Color today! Serve the hot mochar chop / banana blossom appetizer with kasundi (Bengali mustard sauce) or any sauce of your choice. 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.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have banana blossom appetizer or mochar chop using 14 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Banana Blossom Appetizer or Mochar Chop:

1. Make ready 1 cup banana flower(mocha) chopped and boiled
2. Make ready 2 potatoes boiled
3. Take 1 onion chopped
4. Take 1 tsp ginger paste
5. Get 1 tbsp gramflour
6. Take 2 tbsp cornflour or maida
7. Take 1 cup breadcrumbs
8. Prepare 1 tbsp roasted peanuts
9. Take 2 green chillies chopped
10. Make ready 1/4 th tsp red chilli powder
11. Make ready 1/4 th tsp garam masala
12. Prepare 1 tbsp coriander chopped
13. Prepare As needed oil for frying
14. Take To taste salt and sugar

Mocha is basically Banana Blossom or banana flower. Mochar chop or Banana Blossom Croquette is a delicacy from the land of Bengal. It is also known as Banana flower croquette which is an authentic recipe of Bengal. Banana flower is known as mocha in Bengali which is very unique in nature.

Steps to make Banana Blossom Appetizer or Mochar Chop:

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.

It is also known as Banana flower croquette which is an authentic recipe of Bengal. Banana flower is known as mocha in Bengali which is very unique in nature. Take a large plate, pour the boiled banana flower along with the boiled water and let it cool down completely. Banana Blossom Croquette We all are familiar with Banana: nature's own energy rich food but did you know you can eat its flower too? You might be wondering how, right?

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