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🌺Mocha Chingri (Banana Flower with Prawns)

Name: Mocha Chingri (Banana Flower with Prawns)
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 1 servings
Cuisine: Indian (Bengali)
Ingredients: 2 cup banana flower; 100 g small prawns; 1 medium potato; 1 tbsp ginger paste; 1 tsp cumin powder; 0.5 tsp garam masala; 1 piece bay leaf; 2 tbsp mustard oil; 1 tbsp ghee

Authentic bengali indian lunch you can cook at home in about 55 minutes. 9 simple ingredients, step-by-step.

Total time

55 min

Serves

Per serving

480 kcal

Difficulty

Hard

Ingredients (1 servings)

2 cupbanana flower
100 gsmall prawns
1 mediumpotato
1 tbspginger paste
1 tspcumin powder
0.5 tspgaram masala
1 piecebay leaf
2 tbspmustard oil
1 tbspghee

Instructions

1
Clean banana flower (remove stamen + sheath); chop fine. Boil with turmeric until tender. Drain.
2
Cube and fry potato. Sauté prawns 1 min; remove.
3
In same oil, pop bay leaf; add ginger, cumin, salt. Add chopped flower and potato; cook 8 min.
4
Add prawns and garam masala; finish with ghee. Serve with rice.

Nutrition per serving

480

kcal · Calories

g · Protein

g · Carbs

g · Fat

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