Preparation Time:
- Cleaning of blossom 1hr
- Cooking 30 min
Serves:10
Ingredients:
Banana blossom -450gms [ I purchased a whole banana blossom weighing 1pound]
Turmeric powder
Ginger paste- 1/8 tspoon
chopped Green chilli -2
Chopped Onion-1cup
Grated coconut -2tablespoon
Red chilli powder - 1/4tspoon
Salt to taste
Coconut Oil -1tablespoon
Mustard -1/4tspoon
Jeera -1/4tspoon
Curry leaves
For cleaning banana blossom:
very Light butter milk -500 ml [1/8 glass of curd added to 500 ml of water]
Salt -1/2tspoon
Method:
- Cleaning of banana blossom:Keep butter milk with salt ready in a bowl. This avoids the discoloration of chopped banana blossom/flowers.Remove the flowers from banana blossom and from the flower remove and throw the parts [stamen and leafy part] that is mentioned in the image.Use only remaining flowers.Hold the flower together and chop it finely and put into the buttermilk bowl. wash it properly with water again.
- Washed banana blossom is taken a bowl , add more amount of water, 1/4 tsp of turmeric powder and 1/2 tsp of salt- Close the lid , let it boil for around 20 minutes. Filter the boiled water and separate the chopped banana flowers.
- Again add water and salt to the chopped banana flowers and boil again and filter the water and separate banana blossom flowers.
- This is done to remove the bitter taste of banana flower as much as possible. remove the extra amount of water absorbed by the chopped banana flower by squeezing it.
- Take a pan, add coconut oil, mustard, Cumin seeds, curry leaves,green chilli, chopped onion, turmeric powder, ginger paste and mix well
- Add the chopped banana flower, grated coconut, salt, red chilli powder and stir often and let it cook for 15 min.
