Banana Flower Cutlet (Bondi Phool Cutlet)

Banana flower is called Bondi phool in Konkani.Banana flower cutlet is a delicious tea time snack.

The following ingredients are needed to prepare Banana Flower Cutlet / Bondi Phoola Cutlet.

Ingredients:-

1.Banana Flowers.          -1cup chopped
2 Potato.                          - 3 (boiled)
3. Cabbage.                     -1cup chopped
4. Onion.                          -1cup choped
5. Green chilly.                 -1tsp chopped
6. Red chilly powder.        -1/2tsp
7. Turmeric powder.          -1/4tsp
8. Fennel seeds.               -1tsp
9 Garam Masala powder. -1/2tsp
10.Roasted gram.             -1cup (powdered)
11. Salt.                             - to taste
12. Coriander leaves.        -few
13. Mint leaves.                 - few
14. Maida [Plain flour].       -1cup
15. Water.                           -as required to make thin Maida batter.                           
16. Bread crumbs               -1cup
17. Oil for frying                  -2 cup

Instructions:-

1. Each Banana floret has a plastic like stamen with a black and hard stigma at the end.Remove th stamen from each Banana flower.Finely chop Banana flowers and keep them in water to prevent from blackening.Drain water and keep aside the chopped Banana flower.

2. Wash and boil the Potatoes with skin and peel the skin. Mash the boiled Potato without lumps and keep aside

3. Wash and finely chop Cabbage and keep aside.

4. Peel, wash and finely chop Onion and keep aside.

5. Wash and finely chop Green Chillies and keep aside.

6. Wash and fiinely chop Coriander leaves and Mint leaves and keep aside.

7. Powder the Roasted gram [Pottukadala] and keep aside.


Method:-

1. In a bowl add all the above ingredients from 1 to 13 and mix well using your hands. Make balls out of the Cutlet mixture and shape it into oval shaped Cutlets.

2. In a mixing bowl mix Maida [Plain flour] with little Salt and add required water to make a thin Maida batter without any lumps

3. Dip the oval shaped Cutlet balls into thin Maida batter and then coat it with bread crumbs.

4. Heat Oil in a  deep frying pan and add the Cutlet balls into the hot oil and deep fry on medium flame till dark golden brown.

5. Transfer  the Banana Flower Cutlets to a serving plate.

A tasty and delicious Banana Flower Cutlet is ready to serve hot with Tomato Ketchupe as a tea time snack..