This Pulao with koftas made from banana flower (also known as Mocha or Kele Ka Phool) is a delicious vegan whole meal. The dish itself is very easy to cook and does not take much time, but making the banana flower ready to cook is a time consuming job.
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| Banana Flower Kofta Pulao |
Kofta ingredients:
Chopped and boiled banana flower – 5 tbsp
Boiled potato – 1 small
Gram flour – 1 tbsp
Ginger paste – 1tsp
Chilli sauce – 1tbsp
Tomato sauce – 1tbsp
Garam masala powder – ¼ tsp
Salt sugar
Pulao ingredients:
Soaked basmati rice – 2 cups
Tomato puree – 3 tbsp
Ginger paste – 1 tsp
Mace and nutmeg powder – ½ tsp
Garam masala powder – ¼ tsp
Bay leaf – 1 pc
Caraway seeds (shahi jeera) – 1tsp
Green cardamom – 2-3 pcs
Cloves – 2-3 pcs
Cinnamon – 2-3 pcs
White pepper powder – 1 tsp
Sugar – 6 tbsp
Salt
White oil
Ghee – 2 tbsp
Preparation:
Kofta: Take a mixing bowl and mix all ingredients of kofta except
gram flour. Mix it very well and now add gram flour as you need because this is
used for binding. Now mix it and divide to make 12 balls. Heat
oil in a pan and fry the koftas till brown.
Pulao: Heat oil in wok and put bay leaf,
caraway seeds, whole cinnamon, green cardamom and cloves. After 1 minute, when
the spices start spluttering add ginger paste and after that add tomato puree
and stir well. After 2-3 minutes add soaked rice and stir it and fry for 2
minutes. Now add salt, garam masala powder and 3 cup water and cover it. `After
10 minutes, when rice is done, add sugar and mix it. Now add mace-nutmeg powder
and koftas and mix it very lightly. Now add ghee and cover it for 2 minutes.
Your
banana flower kofta pulao is now ready. Serve it hot.
