Banana blossom is called ” Kolar Mocha” in Bangladesh . It’s a culinary ingredients of Asia . Bangladeshi people usually like to eat banana flowers curry with warm rice .   In this recipe banana blossom cooked with mince of duck meat .

Ingredients :

• 200 g. mince duck
• 01 pcs banana blossom
  

  Banana blossom/flower
• 02 tbsp chopped onion
• 01 tsp garlic paste
• 01 tsp ginger paste
• 01 tbsp rice flour
• 01 tsp turmeric powder
• 01 tsp cumin powder
• 1/2 mixed hot spices powder
• 01 pcs bay leaf
• 02 pcs dry red chili
• 02 pcs green chili
• 01 inch cinnamon stick
• 03-04 pcs cardamon
• 04-05 cloves
• 1/2 tsp cumin seed
• Salt as per test
• 1/2 tsp red chili powder
• 02 tbsp cooking oil
• Water for cooking

Method

1. Remove the brown skin part from banana blossom and take out all of the flower . Every flower have some big stick and a oval shaved harder part (like plastic), so need to remove it . Chopped the banana flower and keep in a bowl .
2. In a medium heated pan add the dry red chili, cumin seed, cinnamon stick, cardamon, cloves, bay leaf, stir few moment with out oil ( its a technique to get more flavor) . Put the cooking oil on the pan then add chopped onion and stir well until onion become brown color . Add ginger paste, garlic paste, turmeric powder, cumin powder, mixed hot spices powder, salt, red chili powder and mixed well .
3. After oil will be separate from gravy add the mince duck meat and chopped banana flower . Add hot water to the pan for boiling then cover it . Dulled the rice flour with room temperature water and add to the curry when banana flower & mince duck will be fully cooked . Keep the curry on simmering point for about  02-03 minuet  then serve it with steam rice or roti .