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| mochar ghonto |
Preparation Time : 45 minutes
Cooking Time : 35-40 minutes
Serves : 4-5
Ingredients:
- Mocha or Banana Blossom : 1 medium
- Potato : 1 medium cut into small cubes
- Whole Red Chillies : 1-2
- Bay leaf : 1medium
- Panch phoron : 1/2 tsp
- Green chilies : 2
- Gobindo bhog rice : 2-3 tbsp
- Cumin powder : 1/2 tsp
- Corriander powder : 1/2 tsp
- Ginger paste : 1 tsp
- Turmeric powder : 1/2 tsp
- Kashmiri red chili powder : 1/2 tsp
- Peanuts : 2 tbsp
- Garam Masala Powder : 1tsp
- Sugar : 1 tsp
- Salt to taste
- Sugar : 1 tsp
- Ghee : 1 tsp
- Vegetable oil/ mustard oil : 3-4 tbsp
Procedure :
1) First clean and wash mocha and chop them very fine.Soak them in water
with little turmeric powder.Soak rice in water for 5-10 minutes.
2) In a kadai or pan heat oil and then add strained rice and fry till all the rice
stick with each other and its colour will become golden white.Take out
rice from oil and keep aside.
3) In the same oil fry cube potatoes and fry it till golden brown. Take them
out from oil and keep aside.
4) In the remaining oil add bay leaf ,panch phoron,green chilies and fry them
for 20 seconds.
5) Now add strained mocha and add salt and turmeric powder,mix them well.
Cover with a lid and cook for 10 minutes in medium heat.( You can also
pressure cook mocha and use boiled mocha.)
6) Now add cumin powder,corriander powder,ginger paste,kashmiri red chili
powder ,mix them well.Cover and cook till raw smell of masala goes away.
7) Now add potato pieces,peanuts and fried rice with 1/4 cup of water ,stir it.
Cover it and cook till potatoes and rice becomes soft.You will notice oil starts
separating.
8) Spinkle garam masala powder,sugar and ghee. Mix them well .And cook for
another few minutes.Turn off the heat.
Serve hot with steam rice.
