Name: Mocha Chingri (Banana flower with prawn) recipe by Shonali Debnath at BetterButter
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 2
Ingredients: Mocha(banana flower) - 1 cleaned/chopped; Chingri or prawn - 200 gms/ cleaned; Potato - 2-3 cut in small squares; Whole jeera - 1 tsp; Bay leaves - 2; Ginger paste - 3 tbsp; Jeera Powder - 2 tbsp; Turmeric - 1 tsp; Kashmiri red chili - 1-2 tbsp; Green chili - 3-4 chopped; Tomato - 2-3 chopped; Garam masala powder - 1 tsp; salt to taste; Sugar as per taste; Refined oil as required

Ingredients Serving: 2

Mocha(banana flower) - 1 cleaned/chopped
Chingri or prawn - 200 gms/ cleaned
Potato - 2-3 cut in small squares
Whole jeera - 1 tsp
Bay leaves - 2
Ginger paste - 3 tbsp
Jeera Powder - 2 tbsp
Turmeric - 1 tsp
Kashmiri red chili - 1-2 tbsp
Green chili - 3-4 chopped
Tomato - 2-3 chopped
Garam masala powder - 1 tsp
salt to taste
Sugar as per taste
Refined oil as required

Instructions

Boil the mocha with little bit of turmeric and salt till almost cooked. Then drain the water and keep aside. In a bowl marinate the prawns with a little bit of turmeric and salt.
Now heat oil in a pan and fry the prawns till golden in color and also fry the potatoes till golden in color and keep aside.
In that same pan temper whole jeera and bay leaves. Then add ginger, jeera, turmeric, salt, red chili, green chili, tomato, sugar and cook till it releases oil. Add the boiled mocha, mix it in the masala.
Add chingri and potatoes, cook it for another 10 - 15 minutes. Add garam masala powder, ghee and cook for 10 minutes more.
Check all the seasonings and serve hot with steamed white rice.

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