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Mochar Ghunta Mocha (Plantain flower) Potatoes
Garam masala Haldi powder
Cocoanut bits Dhania
Gram dal Bara Jira
Sweet oil Dry chilli,
Salt Tejpata
Sugar Ghee
Cut the flower in to small bits and keep in water for 7/8 hours. Cut the potatoes in bits.
Remove the flower from the water and boil in fresh water, drain the water. Mix a little haldi and salt, and keep aside.
Heat oil in the pan. When the oil is hot fry potato bits, take out then fry tejpatta cocoanut bits and powdered spices and salt, add the prepared flower and potatoes and little water cook on slow fire till water dries up. Add some ghee and garam masala mix and serve.
-BENGALI MALILA SAMITI
Gokul Pitha
(A Bengali Sweet) Khoya Cocoaut 1 Sugar į kilo Currants į kilo Ghee
A good amount maida. Grate the cocoanut mix with the khoya and grind. Mix the currants with the above mixture and form into medium sized lat balls.
Make syrup with the sugar--not too thin. Mix the maida with water and prepare a thin batter as for bhajias. Heat the ghee nicely, dip each ball of khoya-cocoanut in the maida-batter and fry golden brown. Immediately dip them in the syrup. After sometime take them out and place in a plate with a little of the syrup. Makes 35-40 flat round balls.
-BENGALI MAILA SANITI
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Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
www.umaragyanbhandar.com
