Bondi Chutney

Banana Flower Chutney/ Bondi Chutney/ Bondi Tambli is a very tasty chutney made with banana flower florets.In Konkani, bondi means banana flower. Bondi Chutney recipe is explained with step by step method and photos.

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

Ingredients:-

Banana Flower.  -1 cup
Grated Coconut. -1/4 cup
Tamarind.            - lemon size
Jaggery grated.    -2tsp
Urad dal.              -1tsp
Chana dal.            -1tsp
Dry Red chillies.  -4
Turmeric powder. -1/4tsp
Hing powder.        -1/4tsp
Curry leaves.         -1spring
Salt.                       - to taste
Coconut oil.           - 2tsp

For Seasoning:-

Coconut oil.     -1tsp

Urad dal.          -1tsp
Mustard seeds. -1tsp
Curry leaves.   -1spring

Instructions:-

1). Take a Banana flower (Bondi) and remove the hard red outer petels.Lift each banana flower petal, pluck  and keep aside the white colour banana flower florets attached under each petals.

2). Clean the Banana flower florets, pluck and discard the scale like tepal and hard stigma from each banana flower florets.

 3). Wash and soak the cleaned banana flower white florets in water adding little salt for 10 minutes to remove the bitterness.Rinse in cold water.Drain and squeeze out excess water completely and keep aside the banana flower florets.

Method:-

1). Heat 2tsp Coconut oil in a pan and add Urad dal, Chana dal, dry Red chillies and fry well until Urad dal and Chana dal becomes golden colour. Add Curry leaves, Turmeric powder and Hing powder into the pan and saute well.

2). Add the cleaned Banana flower florets into the pan.Saute well and cook until it's rawness goes off.

3). Add freshly grated Coconut into the pan and mix well with the cooked banana flower florets.

4).Add required Salt and grated Jaggery into the pan and saute well.

5). Mix well and cook all the ingredients in the pan on low flame for 2 minutes. Switch off the flame and keep aside to cool.

6). Once cooled, grind all the above ingredients along with extracted Tamarind pulp into a smooth paste without adding water. Transfer the ground Bondi chutney /Banana flower chutney into a serving bowl.

7). Heat 1tsp Coconut oil in a small pan for seasoning. Add Urad dal and saute well. Splutter Mustard seeds and saute well till Urad dal change its colour. Add Curry leaves and saute well for a second and switch off the flame. Pour the above seasoning on the Bondi chutney /Banana flower chutney in the serving bowl.

A tasty Bondi Chutney /Banana Flower Chutney is ready to serve  as a side dish with steamed rice and can also be served with curd rice, idli, dosa etc.